Federal judge rules against SEIU

[Chris_]

Federal judge rules against SEIU

SEIU Local 721 and Wendy Thomas, the chief negotiator and a 911 dispatch supervisor, sued in December 2010, contending department managers transferred her multiple times in two years and began tracking her union activities.

The lawsuit argued that the moves were in retaliation for becoming active in the union and helping other employees file grievances. The lawsuit accused the county of violating Thomas' First Amendment right to free speech and her equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment.

The county denied the accusations and U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips in Riverside on Monday issued a 52-page ruling in the county’s favor. In July, Phillips had granted the union an injunction against Riverside County, preventing the involuntary transfer of Thomas, while the case worked its way through the court.

“Thomas has taken a shotgun approach to making her case: she has set forth a litany of offenses she alleges (the county) committed against her,” Phillips wrote. “Many, however, are petty workplace gripes, and assuming they occurred, do not rise to the level of retaliatory adverse employment actions.”

The Press-Enterprise

Good move.

[Karin]

What's this?  A whiff of sanity?  Been so long, I scarcely recognized it.