Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An Anchorage Superior Court judge has ruled that the State of Alaska breached its collective bargaining with the Alaska State Employees Association, violated the separation of powers provision in the constitution, and the Public Employee Relations and Administrative Procedures Acts.
Judge Gregory Miller ordered a permanent injunction for the state s attempted interference with ASEA membership and union administration. The dispute centered over the collection of dues by the union and those employees who chose to opt-out of paying dues.
The judge also ordered to the state to pay the union more than $186,000 in damages.
Union Executive Director Jake Metcalfe said in a release issued by his office that he is pleased with the court ruling. He said the Governor took a radical and unsupported legal action that hurt all state employees and wasted state resources, time, and attention from other more important issues.
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