Welfare Employees Union v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff union, pursuant to GCR 1963, 521, sought declaratory relief in the Wayne County Circuit Court. Plaintiff represents certain employees of the Wayne County Department of Social Services, a sub-unit of the Michigan Department of Social Services. The circuit judge determined that the state Department of Social Services had embarked upon a plan of reorganization which would affect the wages, hours of work, and working conditions of employees represented by plaintiff. It was also determined that various negotiation requests by plaintiff had been rejected and that “the Department of Social…