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King County reads PERC notice ordering remedy for unfair labor practice affecting Sheriff's Office
Summary
The Office of Labor Relations read a Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) notice that found King County committed an unfair labor practice related to unilateral changes in the 2025 health‑care package; the notice requires posting and reinstatement of prior terms for affected bargaining units and negotiation with the Sheriff's Office Marshals Guild.
King County posted a PERC notice at its Feb. 17 council meeting after a Public Employment Relations Commission decision found the county committed an unfair labor practice concerning changes to the 2025 health‑care package.
Josh Marburger, the Office of Labor Relations’ designated agent on Zoom, read the notice into the record. The notice cited case number 142074‑UD‑25 and referenced a decision and a PECB order from 2025. It stated King County unlawfully and unilaterally changed the 2025 health‑care package — including increased employee cost‑sharing — and ordered the county to restore the "status quo ante" by reinstating wages, hours and working conditions for affected bargaining units.
The notice directs the county to post the decision to employees, to negotiate in good faith with the King County Sheriff's Office Marshals Guild before changing the 2025 health‑insurance package, and to refrain from interfering with employees' collective‑bargaining rights under state law. The notice as read was signed and dated Feb. 4, 2026.
Council recorded the notice in the meeting record; the reading provides public notice of the PERC remedy and outlines the county’s required next steps as described by the commission’s order.
