LA police union sues LA over vaccination mandate labor negotiations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The union representing Los Angeles Police Department officers sued the city Friday, alleging unfair labor negotiations related to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League alleges the city failed to negotiate in good faith by withholding information about the city's testing contractor, Bluestone. According to the union, the city did not disclose information about the company's contractual obligations, experience level, selection process and other material.
"Despite such repeated inquiries, the city failed to provide the LAPPL with this information, yet insisted that testing of unvaccinated employees could only be administered by a city vendor of its choice and with the employee to pay the costs of such tests by negative paycheck deduction," the lawsuit stated.
The union's Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also seeks to stop the city from requiring unvaccinated employees to pay for their COVID tests twice a week at $65 per test.
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