American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

This appeal comes to us from a decision of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB). The IELRB held the State University Civil Service System Merit Board (Merit Board) was not a joint employer with its constituent universities of the employees represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). (University of Illinois Board of Trustees, 5 Pub. Employee Rep. (Ill.) par. 1035, No. 86 — CA—0087—C (Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, Feb. 2, 1989).) We conclude the IELRB’s decision was supported by the manifest weight of the evidence…