New York State Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office Injunctive Relief Case Files

Numerical by case number.

The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) was established in 1967 by the so-called Taylor Law (Public Employees' Fair Employment Act). The agency is responsible for helping to resolve labor relations disputes between public employee unions and State and local governments, including school districts. PERB engages in mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services in disputes over contract agreements; resolves questions of union representation; and hears charges of improper labor practices by public employers, employees and employee organizations.

Within PERB, Counsel's Office represents the agency in litigation, investigates work stoppages to determine if they are strikes (which are illegal for public employees), issues and litigates strike charges, investigates compliance with Board orders and local government provisions and procedures, prepares recommended Board decisions and orders, and provides other legal services to the agency. Since 1995, Counsel's Office has also been responsible for receiving applications for injunctive relief and determining whether such relief should be sought from the state's courts.

The legal authority for the injunctive relief process is found in Section 209-a (4) of Civil Service Law; PERB's procedural rules for the process are in 4 NYCRR 204.15.

This series documents injunctive relief cases ("A" case files) in which the Counsel's Office issued a decision, either supporting or rejecting the application. No records of cases which did not result in decisions, either because the applications were withdrawn before Counsel's decision or because the applications were found to be procedurally defective and were not remedied by the applicants, are included.

22371-10: Accretion contains records for cases closed between 1995 and 2010.

22371-10A: Accretion contains records for cases closed between 2004 and 2005.

22371-12: Accretion contains records for cases closed between 2006 and 2007.

22371-10 and 22371-10A: Folder lists are available at the repository.

The cumulative digest and index to volumes 1-10 of Official Decisions, Opinions, and Related Matters (Public Employment Relations Board of the State of New York), 1968-1977, provides an alphabetical "table of parties" to PERB cases and their corresponding case numbers (pages 10001-10088). A "table of parties" and "case number index" are included in each subsequent volume of Official Decisions, Opinions, and Related Matters.

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