DECISIONS 9957-8 (PECB)

Issue 1. Did the employer refuse to bargain and interfere with employee rights by changing a city ordinance altering the procedures of the Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB)?

Issue 2. Did the employer refuse to bargain in good faith by passing an ordinance that made changes effective before completion of the parties’ collective bargaining procedure, including interest arbitration?

The Examiner rules that the employer’s actions violate RCW 41.56.140(1) and (4) since the new city ordinance created an automatic effective date, and the union was entitled to bargain the decision as well as effects of the “OPA - OPARB redacted file process.” The employer is ordered to rescind the 2006 ordinance.

For the full decision, click here.

By: J. Martin Smith, Examiner
January 23, 2008

David Snyder, for the union.
Jean M. Boler, for the employer.

Cases 20402-U-06-5196 and 20687-U-06-5271

JMS