DC Administrative Law Judge Organizing Gets Boost from Ruling
Wednesday, November 13, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
City administrative law judges (ALJs)
seeking to organize (D.C. Administrative Law Judges
Organize 4/4/2013 UC) got a
boost last week when a hearing examiner ruled
in their favor, saying that “there is no
conflict of interest, appearance of a conflict
of interest or impropriety created by exclusive
representation by IFPTE.” Said IFPTE’s
Chris Langford, “We find it extremely
refreshing to finally get an official DC
document that vindicates what we’ve been
saying for over a year.” The examiner
also indicated that the Mayor's support of the
ALJs was a decisive factor. The judges and
union say they’re “hopeful that Mayor Gray,
along with the City Council, will prevent the
Chief from appealing this to Superior Court as
part of her strategy to delay these ALJs from
activating their right to engage in collective
bargaining.” They also continue to push for
voluntary recognition of the DC ALJ bargaining
unit “so we can be done with this issue and
stop wasting taxpayer dollars.” Click
here for the examiner's
ruling.