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WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES, AFSCME COUNCIL 28 FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS PROVIDERS,

Union,

 

Vs.

 

STATE OF WASHINGTON, OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,

Employer

 

CLARIFICATION OF

ARBITRATOR’S OPINION AND AWARD

 

PERC 135731-I-22 and 134871-M-22

INTEREST ARBITRATION

 

Arbitrator: Donna E. Lurie

 

           

 

 

SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO PERC AND THE PARTIES:

 

Arbitrator Donna E. Lurie

Lurie Workplace Solutions

P.O. Box 966

Woodinville, WA 98072

206-953-3973

Lurieworkplacesolutions@comcast.net

 

Representing the Union:

Edward Younglove III

Younglove & Coker, PLLC

1800 Cooper Point Road SW, #16

Olympia, Washington 98507

360.357.7791

edy@ylclaw.com

 

Representing the Employer:

Cheryl Wolfe and Katie Garcia

Washington State Attorney General

1116 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 100

Spokane, Washington 99201

509.456.6391 and 509.458.3521

cheryl.wolfe@atg.wa.gov

katie.garcia@atg.wa.gov

 

The parties contacted the Arbitrator on September 28, 2022 to request a clarification of the Interest Arbitration Award regarding the final language for Section 6.5(G) in the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for 2023-2025. Section 6.5 of the parties’ CBA is titled “No-shows and Cancellations”; however, Section 6.5(G) only applies to appointments that end earlier than the originally scheduled time. The Arbitrator issues the following clarification on Section 6.5 and 6.5(G). The remainder of the Opinion and Award that was issued on September 20, 2022 remains the same.

 

Section 6.5 – No-shows and Cancellations

No change to current contract language.

Section 6.5(G) – No change to current contract language.

 

Dated this 29th day of September 2022.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Donna E. Lurie  /s/

Arbitrator Donna E. Lurie

Lurie Workplace Solutions

P.O. Box 966

Woodinville, WA 98072

 

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