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Committee approves labor agreement routing after public-defender staff join unions

Kent County committee meeting · March 24, 2026
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Summary

The committee approved an agreement to incorporate non-attorney public defender staff into the UAW contract after a union election; attorneys at the office formed a separate union. The committee approved the HR action and routed it to finance and the full board for further review on specified dates.

A Kent County committee approved a human resources action to incorporate non-attorney staff at the county public defender's office into the existing United Auto Workers contract and sent the agreement on to committee and board review.

Amy told the committee that following a union election last year, non-attorney and non-supervisory employees at the public defender's office “went…

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