Decisions And Orders Digest For 2023

PALMER POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION V. CITY OF PALMER, CASE NO. 23-1782-RC. Decision and Order No. 317 (September 19, 2023). The City of Palmer’s exercise of its opt-out right of the Public Employment Relations Act under AS. 23.40.255(a) is valid. And, the Board finds no compelling reason to overturn its prior decision in Int’L Bhd. Of Electrical Workers v. City of Homer, Decision and Order No. 138 (ALRA Dec. 19, 1991). Consequently, the petition is dismissed.