State ex rel. Bain v. Clallam County Board of County Commissioners

Relators seek a mandate compelling the Clallam County Commissioners to adopt and perform an asserted oral collective bargaining agreement. They appeal a judgment of the superior court denying the writ.

Relators, Port Angeles City Employees, Local 1619, a labor organization, and Walter Bain, its vice-president, applied to the superior court for a writ of mandamus against the Board of County Commissioners of Clallam County and its component members. The application asked the court to order the commissioners to grant members of relator union a pay increase for the calendar year 1968. Relators say…