Chief Judge of 16th Judicial Cir. v. State Labor R. Bd.

The majority, relying on this court’s opinion in Office of the Cook County State’s Attorney v. Illinois Local Labor Relations Board, 166 Ill. 2d 296 (1995), holds that the Kane County assistant public defenders are managerial employees as a matter of law and, as such, are precluded from collective bargaining. I disagreed with the holding in Cook County State’s Attorney then and I disagree that it is dispositive of the issue before this court now. I, therefore, respectfully dissent.

Citing National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University, 444 U.S. 276, 63 L. Ed. 2d 115, 100 S. Ct. 856…