Anoka County, Anoka, Minnesota v. Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc., Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, ...

Summary

The court reversed the Bureau of Mediation Services' bargaining-unit determination and remanded for reconsideration under the statutory factors. It held that the Bureau may consider overfragmentation, but may not allow its four-unit policy preference to control over the statutory factors or the factors given particular importance by the Legislature. The court also concluded that the Bureau generally followed the required sequence by evaluating the union's proposed unit before considering an alternative unit.