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46 lawyers seek union status
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120107/NEWS01/701079862/1009#46-lawyers-seek-union-status
Published Saturday January 7, 2012
By John Ferak
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
A total of 46 lawyers in the Douglas County Attorney's Office have filed paperwork with the state labor court to organize a collective bargaining unit.
Omaha attorney John Corrigan is representing the deputy prosecutors and civil attorneys seeking to form the Association of Deputy Douglas County Attorneys. The group petitioned the State Commission of Industrial Relations on Wednesday to become a labor organization.
The bargaining unit would solely represent the nonmanagement deputy county attorneys in the office. The petition requests the CIR's permission for a certification election.
The lawyers want to bargain as a group for wages, hours and conditions of employment. According to the petition, 53 employees would be in the unit.
FULL story at link.