Should supervisors be in a different bargaining unit from nonsupervisors?
When the SLRA determined the appropriateness of the first State bargaining units under PERA, it considered the prohibition in 2 AAC 10.110(1) against combining supervisory and nonsupervisory employees. Concerning Petitions Number 1-72, 2-72, 3-72, 4-72, 5-72, and Relevant Interventions and Objections, SLRA Order & Decision No. 1, at 4-5, 9-10, 12-15, & 20. The current regulation that requires the separation of State supervisors from nonsupervisory employees is 8 AAC 97.090(a)(1). See discussion infra, subsection C.5. In Order and Decision No. 8, the SLRA found that “There is a substantial community of interest among supervisory employees within the classified service of the Executive Branch of the State of Alaska.” Concerning the Petition for Collective Bargaining Representative of Supervisory Employees of the State, SLRA Order & Decision No. 8, at 2. The SLRA did not state its rationale. Although the SLRA did not explain its rationale, one reason is obvious: community of interest. Com
