County of Cook v. Illinois Local Labor Relations Board

JUSTICE THEIS,

specially concurring in part and dissenting in part:

This is a consolidated appeal from two cases brought by the sheriff of Cook County and the County of Cook. In one case, we are asked to directly review the Labor Board’s finding that the County of Cook and the sheriff violated the Labor Act. Here, I concur with the majority’s conclusion that the Labor Board incorrectly found a violation of the Labor Act. However, I disagree with the majority’s rationale for two reasons.

First, I do not agree that certification is considered void ab initio because certain minimum hiring…