By Jim Cline and Sam Hagshenas
In King County, the Public Employment Relations Commission affirmed its Examiner’s prior decision in which King County was found to have discriminated against an employee by removing him from his elected position on a safety committee. The Commission held that even though the County offered a nondiscriminatory reason for its action the Union successfully demonstrated that the County’s actions were merely a pretext for discriminating against the employee due to his advocacy for regular safety committee meetings.
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