oapse/afscme Local 4 v. Berdine

Sean C. Gallagher, Judge.

{¶ 1} Relator, Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE)/AFSCME Local 4, AEL-CIO and its Local 134 (“OAPSE”), 1 is a labor union that is the certified exclusive bargaining representative for various classifications of the nonteaching employees of respondent Lakewood City School District Board of Education. Richard Berdine is employed by the board as treasurer. The Board has directed Berdine to perform the duties of Director of Support Services (“DSS”). OAPSE avers that the position of DSS is functionally equivalent to that of “business manager,” as defined…