Unfair Labor Practice Finding In St. Clair County Results In $300,000 Settlement With Sheriff’s Deputies
From the Belleville News-Democrat
A state labor board’s finding that St. Clair County and the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department had engaged in an unfair labor practice has led the county to set up a $300,000 settlement fund that will be paid out to the union that represents county sheriff’s road deputies.
The St. Clair County Board on Monday night is scheduled to vote on the creation of the settlement fund, as well as a new three-year labor contract with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 148, which represents the road deputies. The contract is set to run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board had determined in March 2011 that the county had engaged in an unfair labor practice after a complaint was filed by the union concerning the county’s establishment of a division to provide security at MetroLink light rail stations in Illinois without going through the bargaining process, according to the settlement agreement.
St. Clair County continues to dispute that it had engaged in an unfair labor practice. Nonetheless, the county has agreed to create the $300,000 settlement fund by invoicing the Bi-State Development Agency pursuant to the police services agreement between the county and Bi-State, which oversees bus and light rail service in both Missouri and Illinois.
Once the fund is created, the county must notify the union, which will provide instructions to the county as to how amounts from the settlement fund are to be distributed to individual bargaining unit members, according to the settlement agreement.
If the funds are not paid by March 15, then the union may reinstate compliance procedures under the union’s original charge with the labor relations board.
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From the Belleville News-Democrat
A state labor board’s finding that St. Clair County and the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department had engaged in an unfair labor practice has led the county to set up a $300,000 settlement fund that will be paid out to the union that represents county sheriff’s road deputies.
The St. Clair County Board on Monday night is scheduled to vote on the creation of the settlement fund, as well as a new three-year labor contract with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 148, which represents the road deputies. The contract is set to run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board had determined in March 2011 that the county had engaged in an unfair labor practice after a complaint was filed by the union concerning the county’s establishment of a division to provide security at MetroLink light rail stations in Illinois without going through the bargaining process, according to the settlement agreement.
St. Clair County continues to dispute that it had engaged in an unfair labor practice. Nonetheless, the county has agreed to create the $300,000 settlement fund by invoicing the Bi-State Development Agency pursuant to the police services agreement between the county and Bi-State, which oversees bus and light rail service in both Missouri and Illinois.
Once the fund is created, the county must notify the union, which will provide instructions to the county as to how amounts from the settlement fund are to be distributed to individual bargaining unit members, according to the settlement agreement.
If the funds are not paid by March 15, then the union may reinstate compliance procedures under the union’s original charge with the labor relations board.
Read more in our daily News Update...