Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No. 23, American Federation of State Employees v. City of Center Line

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the statute is procedural in nature and requires the parties to “ ‘confer in good faith with an open mind and a sincere desire to reach an agreement’ ”
• noting discretion to diminish the size of the work force is unquestionably a managerial function which cannot be delegated to an arbitrator
• mandating city bargain with police over effects of layoffs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).