Archives for August 2023

Arbitrator Reinstates Lakewood Officer Discharged for Untruthfulness and Finds City Improperly Denied Him Access to Videos

By Jim Cline and Abagail Klonsinski

In City of Lakewood, Arbitrator Mayne ordered reinstatement and expungement of a police officer’s record after finding there was no just cause to terminate the Officer for untruthfulness.

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PERC Examiner Finds King County Corrections Guild Did Not Violate Duty of Fair Representation by Not Grieving Muslim Officer’s Vaccination Related Discharge

By Jim Cline and Abagail Klonsinski

In King County Corrections Guild, Examiner Slone-Gomez dismissed a case after finding a King County Corrections Officer failed to show that his union had breached its duty of fair representation (DFR) by refusing to file a grievance regarding his involuntary separation from the County.

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