ERB ‘throws the book’ at Josephine County
Daniel Burdis talks about this union victory.
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In a precedent-setting decision that will have repercussions statewide, the Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB) — citing what it termed “egregious violations” of state law — has ordered Josephine County to reinstate with full back pay and benefits over 100 former county employees who saw their jobs contracted out to private providers in 2006.
The ERB ruled that Josephine County management officials released the employees from county employment in direct retaliation for a four-day strike in January 2006 by AFSCME Local 3694. The employees contracted out worked in county mental health services, and the majority of Local 3694’s union leaders and activists were part of that department.
Posted: November 6th, 2007 under Labor, Podcast.
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Comment from Joe UnionReview.com
Time: November 8, 2007, 3:05 pm
Thats one to grow on , I’m a co-administrator of UnionReview and came across this via Labourstart . This is more common than one would think in the union world , but this is the first I have seen where the workers have won at any regulatory level and to such a high degree . Three cheers to the ERB , I hope the entire country will follow suit in matters such as these .
In Solidarity,
Joe W.
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