Local 214, Law Enforcement Division, Teamsters State Workers v. Genesee County Board of Commissioners

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

Defendants, The Board of Commissioners of Genesee County (the Board), appeal adverse rulings by the Genesee circuit court in two cases. Both appeals turn upon an arbitration award rendered by Arbitrator M. David Keefe on January 4, 1976.

The submission to arbitration was the initial protest made by plaintiff, the local union representing local county workers, claiming that layoffs in the sheriff’s department violated the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. The award of Arbitrator Keefe was given different interpretations by the parties. The plaintiff contended that…