| | Description: | On June 15, 2007, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 (union), filed with the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), a majority-interest petition to represent 16 pharmacy directors employed by the Illinois Department of Human Services (Department) in the job title or classification of senior public administrator, option 8P. On January 26, 2009, after a three-day administrative hearing conducted in November and December 2007, the administrative law judge (ALJ), Colleen M. Harvey, issued a recommended decision and order granting the petition. On May 12, 2009, the Board decided the ALJ was correct and ordered the Board's executive director, John Brosnan, to certify the union as the exclusive representative of the petitioned-for pharmacy directors, except for Randy Malan and Phil Mahalik, who, the parties agreed, should be excluded from collective bargaining on the ground that they were supervisors, managers, or both. On May 27, 2009, Brosnan issued a corrected certification or representative, nunc pro tunc as of May 14, 2009, stating that the remaining 14 senior public service administrators, option 8P, were within the existing bargaining unit designated as RC-63. | |
