Public Case No. R 2000-046
Kansas City Fire Fighters, Local 42 v.
City of Kansas City, Missouri
The union filed a petition in which it sought to represent a bargaining unit consisting of all Airport Police Officers, Traffic Control Officers, and Sergeants providing security services for the City of Kansas City International Airport. The City objected to the proposed unit on four (4) grounds: 1) the positions in question were police within the meaning of Section 105.510 RSMo, 1994; 2) the positions in question were confidential employees; 3) the positions in question were security guards and should not be represented by a labor organization that also represented individuals over which the Security Guards exercised security duties; and 4) the Sergeants were supervisors. The Board addressed only the first issue raised by the City.
In deciding whether or not the positions in question were police within the meaning of Section 105.510 RSMo, the Board followed the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Jackson County v. Missouri State Board of Mediation, 690 S.W.2d 400 (Mo. Banc 1985) and examined the job duties of the petitioned-for positions. The Board determined that the APO’s, TCO’s, and Sergeants were police within the meaning of Section 105.510. The Board held that it lacked jurisdiction over the case and dismissed the petition.
Date Issued: August 24, 2000