City of Wichita v. Public Employee Relations Board of the Kansas Department of Human Resources & Teamsters Union Local 795

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, C.J.:

Teamsters Union Local 795 (Union) filed a petition with the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) seeking to become the exclusive bargaining representative, for certain safety-officers working at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.- The petition alleged that tire City of Wichita (City) was the employer of such officers. The respondent City filed a motion to. dismiss the petition on the ground the officers were the employees of the *629Wichita Airport Authority (Authority). Authority is not subject to the Public Employer-Employee Relations…