Candi Peterson v. Washington Teachers Union

As the majority opinion recounts, after the Washington Teachers Union President ("WTU") and Executive Board decided to terminate the additional compensation to which appellant Peterson was entitled by virtue of her election as WTU Vice-President ($50,000 per year during a three-year term, supplementing the salary she earned as a classroom teacher), appellant filed a demand for arbitration, seeking to recover her withheld compensation. The arbitrator awarded her $71,065.82, the amount she had been denied in additional compensation through the date of the evidentiary arbitration hearing.…