Detroit Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Detroit

Defendant appeals as of right the grant of an injunction in favor of plaintiff, in accordance with MCL 423.243, forestalling implementation of defendant’s 2005-2006 budgetary plan necessitating firefighter layoffs and restructuring of the Detroit fire department. We affirm.

The Detroit Fire Fighters Association (“DFFA”) and the City of Detroit (“City”) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) that expired on June 30, 2001, and are parties to a compulsory arbitration proceeding to establish a successor agreement, pursuant to MCL 423.231 (commonly known as Act 312). The existing…