Will County State's Attorney v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board

The State’s Attorney of Will County has petitioned this court for review of an order of the Illinois State Labor Relations Board (Board) which found that the State’s Attorney violated sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(4) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, pars. 1610(a)(1), (a)(4)) by refusing to engage in collective bargaining with Local 1028 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The issue in dispute is whether Local 1028 is the historical bargaining representative of certain employees of the Will County State’s Attorney.

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