PERC makes ruling on Lincoln County vs. Teamsters

DAVENPORT—In a ruling given to both parties this month, The Public Employee Relations Commission ruled that both Lincoln County and Teamsters 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, “conditioned negotiations of mandatory subjects of bargaining on a non-mandatory subject of bargaining” when the two sides refused to bargain beginning in 2016.

The decision was issued by PERC originally on Sept. 16.

Essentially, the ruling ordered both parties to cease and desist and continue bargaining in good faith. The ruling said the county can’t force Teamsters...