Complaint of Teamsters against county rejected

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state regulators on Monday rejected a complaint filed by Teamsters Local 690 alleging Lincoln County’s commissioners violated the law this past summer when they pledged to make the community’s collective bargaining process more transparent.

On September 7, the commissioners notified the union they had unanimously passed a resolution the night before stating that future contract negotiations between the county and the unions representing its workers would be open for public oversight.

In response, the Teamsters filed an unfair labor practice charge against the county...