Washington Labor and Employment Blog
The latest case law and legal developments in Washington labor & employment law.
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 insisting their negotiation sessions with the Corrections Union be open to the public. She found ground rules for negotiations to be a permissive subject of bargaining.
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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, discriminatory, and abusive conduct at the bargaining table.
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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 bargain over its decision to implement a facial-recognition timekeeping system. Examiner Snyder rejected the City claim that the Teamsters had waived their right to bargain in their contract. But she also found that City’s decision to implement the system was a permissive subject of bargaining, and therefore she dismissed the Teamsters’ complaint.
