Genesee County Social Services Workers Union v. Genesee County

Petitioner, a union representing social service workers in Genesee County, appeals as of right an order of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. The merc held that the Genesee County Prosecutor’s office was a coemployer with Genesee County of several social workers employed in the prosecutor’s office. The merc concluded that the union had failed to meet its obligation to bargain, imposed by the public employment relations act (pera), MCL 423.201 et seq.; MSA 17.455(1) et seq., when it refused to bargain with the prosecutor regarding his desire to establish noneconomic terms of…