PERC Holds That Millwright Union Committed A Unfair Labor Practice When It...
By: Jordan L. Jones In King County (Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587), PERC held that ATU Local 587 committed a ULP when it submitted a permissive subject of bargaining to interest arbitration....
View ArticleWashington Court of Appeals Finds Kitsap County Must Bargain Over Decision To...
By: Erica Shelley Nelson and Sarah Burke In a precedent setting case, in Kitsap County v. Kitsap Cty. Corr. Officers’ Guild Inc., the Court of Appeals held that the County committed an unfair labor...
View ArticlePERC Examiner Dismisses Renton Police Officers’ Guild’s Unfair Labor Practice...
By Chris Casillas and Sarah E. Derry In City of Renton, PERC Examiner Coss dismissed the Renton Police Officers’ Guild’s Unfair Labor Practice complaint, which challenged the pay scheme for bicycle...
View ArticlePERC Examiner Holds Employer Did Not Unlawfully Implement New “Program...
By: Chris Casillas and Sarah E. Derry In Green River College, PERC Examiner Jamie Siegel held that the employer, Green River College, a college in Auburn, Washington, did not commit an unfair labor...
View ArticlePERC Examiner Holds Employer Unlawfully Circumvented the Union When It...
By: Chris Casillas and Sarah E. Derry In Skagit Regional Health, PERC Examiner Emily K. Whitney held that the employer, which operates a cancer care clinic in Mount Vernon, Washington, improperly...
View ArticlePERC Examiner Holds Employer Did Not Unilaterally Change Past Practice When...
By: Sarah E. Derry, Chris Casillas In Vashon Island Fire and Rescue, PERC Examiner Karyl Elinski found that the employer’s decision to end its participation in a program that kept injured workers on...
View ArticlePERC Rejects Unions’ Complaint That County’s “Open Meeting” Contract...
By Chris Casillas and Sarah E. Derry In Lincoln County, PERC Unfair Labor Practice Manager Jessica Bradley dismissed a complaint, brought by Teamsters Local 690 on behalf of two unions, which...
View ArticlePERC Holds that Whatcom County Commits ULP by Deducting PFMLA Premiums...
By: Jim Cline and Shanleigh Kennedy The Public Employment Relations Commission held that Whatcom County committed a refusal to bargain ULP by unilaterally deciding to deduct Paid Family Medical Leave...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Management’s Right to Claim “Emergencies”
By Jim Cline COVID-19 is creating significant operational issues and the related economic downturn is creating financial issues. An important question many are wondering is whether or when these...
View ArticleResponding to Recent L&I COVID Guidance
By Jim Cline and Mark Anderson Recent COVID Guidance on vaccinations and vaccines issued by Labor and Industries and the Governor’s Office has been passed through local agencies and has resulted in...
View ArticlePERC Hearing Examiner Holds that City Can Implement Facial-Recognition...
By Jim Cline and Stephen Hatton In City of Cashmere, Decision 13429 (PECB, 2021), PERC Hearing Examiner Elizabeth Snyder dismissed a Teamsters Local 760 complaint alleging that the City had refused to...
View ArticleMelting Snowflakes: PERC Hearing Examiner holds that Union Rep’s Abusive...
By Jim Cline and Stephen Hatton In Ben Franklin Transit, Hearing Examiner Dario De La Rosa found that a Teamsters Union Representative had engaged in bad faith bargaining because of his hostile,...
View ArticleWhere the Sun Don’t Shine: Spokane County Can’t Require Unions to Agree to...
By James Cline and Stephen Hatton In Spokane County, Decision 13435 (PECB, 2021), PERC Hearing Examiner Erin Slone-Gomez found that the County had violated its duty to bargain in good faith by...
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