Unions try to halt court privatization / Pay, benefits will be slashed in Wayne County Friend of the Court plan, unions' attorney says.
Source: Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News (MI), Friday, September 21, 2007
The unions representing Wayne County Friend of the Court employees are making legal moves this week to halt privatization of the state's largest court, which enforces $313.7 million in child support collections.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 25 and three locals, on Wednesday filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the Friend of the Court with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
The complaint alleges the administration went behind the union's back during recent contract negotiations when it launched an effort to privatize most of the court's operations.