Hill City Education Ass'n v. Hill City School District 51-2

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Under the Hill City School District’s collective bargaining agreement with the Hill City Education Association, health benefits were to be provided to the District’s employees. At the end of the school term in June, the District terminated health benefits for those employees who would not be returning the next year. The Association contested the decision, and the dispute went to the Department of Labor. In denying the Association’s grievance, the Department found that the negotiated agreement was ambiguous on when benefits were to end and ruled that the District’s…