United Skilled Maintenance Trades Employees of the Board of Education v. Pontiac Board of Education

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges the existence of a labor dispute between it, the collective bargaining agent of the skilled trades employees of the defendant board of education, and defendant; its attempts to settle the dispute, including invocation of the assistance of the State labor mediation board culminating in that board’s issuance of a public report of findings; and, throughout and following the mediation board’s proceedings, defendant’s refusal to bargain collectively regarding the labor dispute. Plaintiff sought a judgment declaratory of defendant’s duty to bargain collectively and to…