Du Page Area Vocational Education Authority v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

The Education Association (DAVEA), IEA/NEA (association), filed an amended petition for representation pursuant to section 7(c) of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 1707(c)), seeking to add certain nonprofessional employees to the existing bargaining unit it represented. The employer and petitioner in this cause, the Du Page Area Vocational Education Authority, filed objections to the substance and procedure of the election process. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (Board) entered an order on April 30, 1987 (Du Page Area…