City of Fairbanks v. Fairbanks Firefighters Union

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this appeal arising from the interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement, we are asked to determine the applicability of the Fairbanks Personnel Ordinance1 as between the City of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Firefighters Union and whether the city was in breach of the bargaining agreement with the union for refusing to negotiate. The superior court held that the personnel ordinance is void as between the city and the union and that the city was in breach of the agreement for refusing to negotiate with the union. The court then issued a permanent injunction…