ERB Ruling On Mental Health Stay Request
Source: AFSCME Local 3694, Josephine County, OR, Feb 22, 2008
This is an update on ERB Unfair Labor Practice ruling. To review, the Employment Relations Board (ERB) ruled in October that the Josephine County Board of Commissioners (Ellis, Riddle, and Raffenburg) illegally privatized Mental Health in 2006 and committed an Unfair Labor Practice in the process. This ruling only spoke to why the BCC chose to privatize the programs, not if there were other valid reasons for privatizing. ERB ruled the violations of the law were "egregious" and "flagrant."
The ERB Order included a half dozen main components, including back due compensation to employees as well as returning the programs to the County.
Oregon Employment Relations Board Case UP-26-06