American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, Locals 626 & 2831 v. Lane County Board of Commissioners

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Locals 626 and 2831 (the union), seeks review of an order of the Employment Relations Board (ERB) declaring a strike by the approximately 800 courthouse and road department employees represented by the union to be in violation of their collective bargaining agreement with Lane County (County) and ordering that the strike be halted.1 We reverse.

In July, 1977, the union and the county entered into a collective bargaining agreement effective for a three year period. That contract contained what is known as a "reopener” clause…