At 11:49 PM 6/11/03 -0500, Peter T Schmitz wrote:
Dyna reports:
Commenting on Officer Ngo's suit, Federation head Delmonico sided with MPD and against injured officer Ngo. This was a fatal mistake- under federal labor law unions have a duty of fair representation. Every union officer who's on the ball knows about this. The duty of fair representation requires that a union defend it's members even when they a have a weak case and may be in the wrong.This explains why the union sometimes is stuck having to defend "thumpers"- failing to defend would leave them open to lawsuit for failing in their duty to provide fair representation. The Police Federation's leader made a fatal mistake when he ignored his duty to defend all his members and sided with the employer instead of Officer Ngo. Officer Ngo could easily file a suit against the union which other officers could join in a class action. Unions do usually have deep pockets, so if the aggrieved officer members prevailed they could end up with all the Police Federation's assets. At that point if not earlier the international union would probably place the local Police Federation in trusteeship until new leadership could be elected.
Peter responds: Thanks for making my day, Dyna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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