Decisions and Opinions of the Illinois State Labor Relations Board

On January 11, 2011, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Joseph Tansino, on behalf of the State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board (Board), issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in the above-captioned case, finding the Laborers International Union of North America, Local 751 (Petitioner) should be certified as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit of part-time deputy coroners employed by the County of Kankakee and the Coroner of Kankakee County (collectively, Joint Employer). He further found that an administrative assistant was a confidential employee within the meaning of Section 3(c) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act0, 5 ILCS 315 (2010), as amended, and should be excluded from the unit, and that the chief deputy coroner should also be excluded from the unit pursuant to a stipulation entered by the parties in an earlier proceeding.