Legal Opinion
Allen v. Seattle Police Officers' Guild
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1983No. 48925-4PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRosellini, J.
This case presents the issue of whether a union's financing of a legal challenge to the employer's affirmative action program violates the union's duty to represent fairly all of its members. The trial court held that petitioners had failed to establish a breach of the union's duty of fair representation. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Allen v. Seattle Police Officers' Guild, 32 Wn. App. 56, 645 P.2d 1113 (1982). We affirm.
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Respondent Seattle Police Officers' Guild is a nonprofit corporation and labor organization which has been certified under the provisions of RCW 41.56.080 as the exclusive…
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