Decisions and Opinions of the Illinois State Labor Relations Board

On August 3, 2012, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Anna Hamburg-Gal issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) finding the Village of Midlothian (Respondent of Village) violated sections 10(a)(4) and (1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act or IPLRA), 5 ILCS 315 (2010), by bargaining to impasse on its proposal that the discipline or discharge of an employee represented by the Midlothian Fire Fighters Association, Local 3148, IAFF (Charging Party or Union) should not be subject to the parties' grievance and arbitration procedures. In contrast, she found the Village did not violate sections 10(a)(4) and (1) of the Act by adopting an ordinance which vested its board of fire and police commissioners with the authority to issue discipline.