UNION SUES COUNTY OVER PART-TIMERS.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer The Service Employees International Union Local 998 has filed a lawsuit against Ventura County, claiming that it is improperly using outside part-time workers to perform full-time civil service jobs. The suit claims that the county has repeatedly violated state law by contracting positions, mostly clerical and maintenance, instead of increasing the county's full-time work force. ``SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union also brings this action in its own behalf concerning the damage being inflicted upon the integrity and strength of the civil service system which impacts the viability of both collective bargaining collective bargaining, in labor relations, procedure whereby an employer or employers agree to discuss the conditions of work by bargaining with representatives of the employees, usually a labor union. and those labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law. and interests which SEIU represents,'' the four-page suit states. Local 998, the county's largest union, seeks reimbursement of court costs court costs n. fees for expenses that the courts pass on to attorneys, who then pass them on to their clients or, in some kinds of cases, to the losing party. , attorney fees and any unspecified damages the Superior Court deems appropriate. Frank Sieh, chief assistant county counsel, said the action is too vague and lacks necessary details, such as which jobs are being challenged and the specific contractors the union wants banned. ``The complaint is nearly bereft of detail,'' he said. ``We're still left in the dark at this point.'' Sieh added, however, that his office will file its response with the court within the 30-day deadline of its receipt of the document Wednesday. Barry Hammitt, the union's executive director, could not be reached for comment. |
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