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Muskegon County approves creation of expanded senior clerk role after union objects to reclassification
Summary
The board approved a motion to create a reclassified senior county clerk specialist with supervisory duties after union objections that the change would remove work from the bargaining unit; County Clerk Karen Boyd and HR Director Kristen Owing explained the reclassification and the board recorded a roll-call vote.
Muskegon County commissioners voted to approve a request from the county clerk to create an expanded senior county clerk specialist position with supervisory responsibilities, despite objections from the Teamsters union that the reclassification would remove work from the bargaining unit.
Angie Knowles, chief steward for the Teamsters General Employee Unit, told the board in public comment that the union opposes the clerk's request (WM2411-103) and cited contract language: "a classification may not be removed from the bargaining unit by changing the title or modifying the work assignments." Knowles said the union…
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