Clark County, NV (July 31, 2009) \u2013 A Nevada District Court has just ruled in favor of a Clark County construction management inspector, reaffirming the right of all Nevada public employees to pursue workplace complaints individually rather than rely on unwanted union officials to navigate the grievance process.<\/p>\n
In January 2007, Mathew Burke filed a formal grievance with the Clark County Human Resources Office, alleging that his supervisor forced him to perform duties outside the scope of his employment. The County dismissed Burke\u2019s complaint, indicating that any grievance should go through union officials despite Burke\u2019s nonunion status and his lack of confidence in the union\u2019s effectiveness. <\/p>\n
With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, Burke subsequently challenged that decision at the Nevada Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board. Burke testified that as a nonunion employee, he was unsatisfied with being represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107, the monopoly bargaining agent for his employer. Despite protests from County and SEIU officials, the Board ruled that Burke had the right to file individual grievances related to the terms of his employment without the union\u2019s involvement. <\/p>\n
Clark County officials then requested judicial review of the Board\u2019s decision, claiming that under the union\u2019s collective bargaining agreement, employees are not permitted to pursue individual workplace grievances. After reviewing the facts of the case, District Court Judge Douglas Herndon ruled in Burke\u2019s favor, stating that Nevada law allows nonunion public employees to file complaints without union interference. <\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Burke\u2019s experience reveals the fundamental injustice of monopoly bargaining,\u201d said Stefan Gleason, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation. \u201cWorkers should be able to file grievances and represent themselves individually, free from the interference of union officials who may not have their best interests at heart or who may even be in collusion with management.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Clark County, NV (July 31, 2009) \u2013 A Nevada District Court has just ruled in favor of a Clark County construction management inspector, reaffirming the right of all Nevada public employees to pursue workplace complaints individually rather than rely on unwanted union officials to navigate the grievance process.<\/p>\n
In January 2007, Mathew Burke filed a formal grievance with the Clark County Human Resources Office, alleging that his supervisor forced him to perform duties outside the scope of his employment. The County dismissed Burke\u2019s complaint, indicating that any grievance should go through union officials despite Burke\u2019s nonunion status and his lack of confidence in the union\u2019s effectiveness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n