City of Markham v. State & Municipal Teamsters

This case arises from an award in an interest arbitration proceeding that began when the parties disputed a provision in a collective bargaining agreement concerning the method of determining discipline of police officers. The arbitrator rejected plaintiff the City of Markham’s (the City’s) proposal, favoring that offered by defendant, the State and Municipal Teamsters, Local 726, which allows police officers to circumvent otherwise mandatory statutory procedures by submitting final disciplinary decisions of the City’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (BFPC) to arbitration as grievances.