New details have just emerged about an unfair labor practice complaint filed against the City of Corvallis just six days before unionized city workers began their strike.
The complaint was filed on October 8th by AFSCME Local 2975 with the Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB). The complaint alleges that the City failed to provide certain employee information required under Oregon’s public-sector labor laws.
(Photo: AFSCME Local 2975 Picket Line/The Corvallis Inquirer)
The case is currently under administrative investigation. The allegations have not been proven, and the Employment Relations Board has not determined that the City violated any law.
According to the complaint, employee reports provided by the City in April and July, along with reports concerning newly hired city employees, were missing work telephone numbers and salary information.
Maybe just a clerical, maybe not.
Oregon law requires public employers to provide labor or union organizations with specific employee information, including certain contact and employment details.
The union alleges that the City’s omissions violated those requirements.
No, the City is not going to go to jail, and the jail is kind of full anyway, based on the early release information that came out last month.
The complaint just seeks corrected employee reports, compliance with future reporting obligations, and reimbursement of filing and representation costs.
The ERB has assigned the case number UP-081-26, and the matter remains in the administrative investigation stage, which means no final decision has been made.
It should be noted that the complaint is separate from the contract negotiations… but its timing was probably not.
The filing itself does not establish why the information was omitted, whether the City disputes the allegations, or whether any omission was intentional. It also could’ve just been a clerical error.
This article was written by Jesse Grant, a contributor to The Corvallis Inquirer. Feel free to send us your stories or articles to publish at: editor@corvallisnow.com
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