Wayne County Civil Service Commission v. Wayne County Board of Supervisors

This Court is faced with two cases which have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal, the same statement of facts being applicable in both instances. The original actions dealt with and arose out of the amendment to the statute known as the “Hutchinson Act”. It is concerned with the right of county employees to organize and bargain collectively with their respective governmental employers over rates of pay, wages, conditions of employment and hours of work.

The initial dispute arose on March 22, 1966, when the Wayne County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution which established a…