Teamsters Food Processing Employees, Public Employees, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local Union No. 760 v. City of Moses Lake

On January 23, 1990, the Moses Lake City Council passed Ordinance 1413 which specifically excepted from the City's police civil service all noncommissioned positions in the police department, including but not limited to secretaries, clerks, dispatchers and utility officers. The Teamsters Food Processing Employees, Public Employees, Ware-*405housemen and Helpers, Local Union 760, as collective bargaining representative for the noncommissioned police department employees, sought declaratory relief alleging that a local system which excludes these noncommissioned employees does not "substantially…