YAKIMA CTY. DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASS'N v. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS

No. 55083-2.

111 Wn.2d 854 (1989)

765 P.2d 1297

YAKIMA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, Respondent, v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR YAKIMA COUNTY, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Ronald S. Zirkle, Deputy, for appellants.

Louis Daniel Fessler, for respondent.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Karen McCarty Lundahl, Assistant, amici curiae for appellants.


PEARSON, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the binding interest arbitration provisions of RCW 41.56.430-.490 apply to security officers who are employed in the Yakima County Jail and under supervision of the Sheriff of Yakima County. The Yakima County Commissioners decided the binding arbitration provisions did not apply because the security officers were not uniformed personnel as defined by RCW 41.56.030. The Yakima County Deputy Sheriff's Association...

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