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King County reads Public Employment Relations Commission notices on unfair labor practices into record
Summary
At the council’s close, staff read two PERC decisions into the record finding King County committed unfair labor practices; notices require remedies including restoring conditions and back pay for an employee.
At the end of its Aug. 19 meeting the Metropolitan King County Council heard two Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) notices read into the record by Rose Novoski, senior labor relations negotiator at Metro Transit. The notices reflect PERC findings that King County committed unfair labor practices in two separate cases.
The first notice (Case No. 135403-U-22; Decision No. 13961‑A‑PECB) states the commission found the county unlawfully changed minimum certification requirements for a railway electrical worker position and orders restoration of prior working conditions and negotiation with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 before changing minimum certification requirements.
The second notice (Case No. 136581-U-23; Decision No. 13831‑A‑PECB) found the county unlawfully discriminated against an employee, Chuck Lair, for protected union activities and ordered back pay of 6.5 hours per month at the employee’s hourly rate for the period Nov. 2022 through Nov. 2023 for safety-committee time; the notice also requires the county to cease interfering with employees’ exercise of collective-bargaining rights.
Action taken: The notices were read into the Aug. 19 meeting record as required by PERC, and the county will follow the remedies specified in the commission’s orders.
Context: Read‑into‑record notices are the formal mechanism PERC uses to inform employees of findings and remedies in unfair‑labor‑practice cases; the decisions may require administrative steps by county labor relations staff and could affect contract terms or personnel actions going forward.
