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Panel hears bill to expand interest arbitration to law enforcement in all jurisdictions
Summary
House Bill 1045 would remove population thresholds that limit interest arbitration for law enforcement officers, granting binding arbitration rights to officers in smaller cities and counties; police associations supported the measure while cities and counties warned of costs and arbitration effects on small governments.
House Bill 1045 would remove population thresholds in current state law so that law enforcement officers in cities, towns and counties — regardless of the employing government’s population — could access binding interest arbitration when collective bargaining reaches impasse.
Union representatives from the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs and Teamsters Local 117 said the change is largely a parity and fairness measure. Jeff DeVeer, representing the Washington Council of Police and…
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