Public Safety Employees Association v. City of Fairbanks

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal requires us to decide whether a city council's reconsideration and ultimate rejection of a labor agreement constituted an unfair labor practice under Alaska's Public Employment Relations Act (the Act). An Alaska Labor Relations Agency (ALRA) panel concluded a violation occurred, and on appeal the superior court affirmed that ruling. But because the record does not support a finding of bad faith on the city's part, and because the failure to ratify the agreement alone cannot be a violation of the Act, we reverse the superior court's decision…