Chief Judge of the Circuit Court v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31, AFL-CIO

The issues presented in this appeal are, simply put, whether certain employees of the chief judge of the circuit court of Cook County (employer) should be excluded from the bargaining unit because they are either supervisory or confidential employees. The Illinois State Labor Relations Board (Board), after extensive hearings, included these contested employees in the bargaining unit. The appellate court confirmed the decision of the Board, without dissent. (218 Ill. App. 3d 682.) Pursuant to our Rule 315 (134 Ill. 2d R. 315), we granted the employer’s petition for leave to appeal the decision…