PORTLAND POLICE ASS'N v. City of Portland

Petitioner City of Portland seeks judicial review of an order of the Employment Relations Board (ERB). In that order, ERB held that the city committed an unfair labor practice by refusing to arbitrate grievances that the Portland Police Association (PPA) filed after the board of the city’s Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund (FPD&R Fund) changed the way in which certain pension benefits are calculated. The PPA asserted, and ERB agreed, that the pension benefit changes fell within the scope of the arbitration clause included in the pertinent collective bargaining agreement (CBA).…