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PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, AFSCME LOCAL 803, AFL-CIO vs. CITY OF WHITTIER, CASE NO. 17-1708-RC. Decision and Order No. 314. (May 7, 2018). The petition by PSEA is granted as modified by this decision. A unit of approximately nine public safety employees at the City of Whittier is the unit appropriate for collective bargaining under AS 23.40.090. The City of Whittier’s rejection of the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA) by resolution on January 19, 1998, was untimely after employees had already exercised rights under PERA. Further, by removing its objection to PERA jurisdiction in the hearing pertaining to a 1999 election, the City waived its right to argue it has validly opted out of PERA.

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