Gary Messing, Jennifer S. Stoughton, and Amber L. West Carroll, Burdick & McDonough Traditionally, most peace officers associations have very high membership rates not enjoyed by other public sector unions, which rely heavily on agency fees to fund the important work they do. Procedures regarding agency fees are crucial for […]
Sean D. Howell Associate Attorney Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen Detective Jeffrey Vasquez of the Menlo Park Police Department was reinstated and awarded full back pay by an arbitrator recently after a termination battle that lasted over a year. After a hearing in which we exposed numerous due process […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principle Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group A kidnapped baby. A hysterical mother. A good Samaritan who followed the kidnapper from the grocery store parking lot while he reported the suspect’s travels to dispatch. A rapid rescue of the baby by the responding police officers. A baby reunited […]
This morning, Gregg Adam, CBM San Francisco office Labor Partner, argued before the California Supreme Court on behalf of the Engineers and Architects Association of Los Angeles in a case that threatened to abolish the arbitration rights of local public employees in California. CBM persuaded the Supreme Court to review […]
TERRY LEONI Senior Associate Rains Lucia Stern, PC After a long battle, a Monterey County Probation Department Supervisor learned that Arbitrator David Gaba recommended that the County’s issuance of a double-demotion for his alleged misconduct be reduced to a written reprimand, at most, for minor breaches in the policy. The […]