City of Decatur v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board

The issue here is whether the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 1601 et seq.), requires a city to bargain in good faith with the exclusive representative of its employees over the proposal that matters of discipline, currently resolved by reference to the civil-service provisions of the Municipal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 24, par. 10—1—1 et seq.), be resolved by mandatory arbitration. We hold that the Act does not require collective bargaining on that proposal.

On June 11, 1985, respondent, American Federation of State, County, and…