Service Employees International Union v. Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

BAKES, Justice.

For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1981, the budget for the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare (Department) was substantially reduced because of reduced state revenues resulting from an economic recession. Several bills approved by the legislature not only reduced the level of funding for the Department, but specifically eliminated funding for positions in regional management, central office staff, and eliminated some programs in their entirety, all of which resulted in a reorganization of the Department at a reduced level of operation. In addition, while House Concurrent…