Taken from: Community College 7 - Shoreline (Washington Federation of State Employees), Decision 9094 (PSRA, 2005)Community College 7 - Shoreline (Washington Federation of State Employees), Decision 9094 (PSRA, 2005)
The Examiner rules that: (1) the Commission has jurisdiction in this
matter; (2) the union violated the statute by failing to provide the
complainants with adequate notice and information concerning their
right to vote on the contract ratification; and (3) the union
violated the statute by failing to explain that a union security
provision was included in the contract that it had agreed to submit
for ratification by all bargaining unit employees.