Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 v. Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600

I respectfully dissent.

The only decision cited in the majority opinion is that of Board of Trustees v. Teachers Union (1976), 62 Ill. 2d 470, 343 N.E.2d 473, and the majority correctly states that the decision holds that the determination of “extra work” assignments was a proper subject of collective bargaining agreements and arbitration. However, it is to be noted that this opinion dealt with three consolidated cases involving different, but related, issues in disputes between substantially the same parties. The court also found that an arbitrator is without authority to award an employment…