County of Cook v. Illinois Local Labor Relations Board

This dispute arises out of a request by the appellee union that Cook County (the County) bargain over the possible termination or other change in employment of certain temporary civil service appointees based on the results of a civil service examination covering their position. The union filed an unfair labor practice charge after the County refused to bargain, and the Illinois Local Labor Relations Board held that the issue was a mandatory subject of bargaining. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In December 1979, the Illinois General Assembly abolished the Health and Hospitals Governing…