Irene Alba-Hernandez -vs- Chicago Newspaper Guild, Local 34071: On May 26, 2015, Charging Party, Irene Alba-Hernandez, filed an unfair labor practice charge in the above-captioned case alleging that Respondent, the Chicago Newspaper Guild, Local 34071 (Union or Guild) violated Section 10(b) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act), 5 ILCS 315 (2014), as amended. Subsequently, Charging Party amended her charge to assert additional claims, including that Respondent has retaliated against her as a consequence of her for filing the initial charge. Following the investigation, Executive Director Melissa Mlynski issued a complaint as to Charging Party's retaliation claim. However, the Executive Director also issued a Partial Dismissal, which encompassed all of Charging Party's remaining allegations asserted in both the initial and amended charge. The Charging Party filed a timely appeal pursuant to Section 1200.135(a) of the Board's Rules and Regulations, 80 Ill. Admin. Code [sec.] 1200.1359a), and the Union filed a response. After reviewing the record and appeal, we affirm the Executive Director's Order in part and reverse in part for the following reasons.
Irene Alba-Hernandez -vs- Chicago Newspaper Guild, Local 34071: On May 26, 2015, Charging Party, Irene Alba-Hernandez, filed an unfair labor practice charge in the above-captioned case alleging that Respondent, the Chicago Newspaper Guild, Local 34071 (Union or Guild) violated Section 10(b) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act), 5 ILCS 315 (2014), as amended. Subsequently, Charging Party amended her charge to assert additional claims, including that Respondent has retaliated against her as a consequence of her for filing the initial charge. Following the investigation, Executive Director Melissa Mlynski issued a complaint as to Charging Party's retaliation claim. However, the Executive Director also issued a Partial Dismissal, which encompassed all of Charging Party's remaining allegations asserted in both the initial and amended charge. The Charging Party filed a timely appeal pursuant to Section 1200.135(a) of the Board's Rules and Regulations, 80 Ill. Admin. Code [sec.] 1200.1359a), and the Union filed a response. After reviewing the record and appeal, we affirm the Executive Director's Order in part and reverse in part for the following reasons.
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 -vs- City of Chicago (Department of Buildings): On October 21, 2015, ALJ Thomas Allen issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in which he determined that the Assistant Chief Engineer of Sewers employed by the City of Chicago (Employer) in its Department of Buildings is a public employee within the meaning of Section 3(n) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/3(n) (2014), as amended. The ALJ rejected the Employer's contention that the position is supervisory within the meaning of Section 3(r) of the Act and recommended that the position be added to the Unit #4 bargaining unit represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31.
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