Alaska Public Employees Ass'n v. City of Fairbanks

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal presents a single question: whether the compulsory binding arbitration right provided in AS 23.40.200(b) applies to all employees in a particular bargaining unit, when some of the employees belong to classes not expressly given the statutory right. We hold that the statute does not provide arbitration rights for all employees in a mixed bargaining unit; therefore, we affirm.

Fairbanks is a municipality covered by the Alaska Public Employment Relations Act, AS 23.40.070-.260. By decision of the state agency which administers the Act, 1 the city was divided into…