Legal Opinion
Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. Board of Commissioners for Yakima County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 1979No. 46019PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*833Brachtenbach, J.
This case concerns the applicability of certain provisions of the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA), RCW 41.56, to Yakima County deputy sheriffs. Some background is necessary to put the precise issue in context.
PECBA was enacted in 1967, as then-Governor Evans explained when executing a partial veto,
to promote the continued improvement of the relationship between public employers and their employees by providing a uniform basis for implementing the right of public employees to join labor organizations of their own choosing and to be represented by such…
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