HELENA – A Montana Department of Labor panel is setting an October hearing for the unfair labor practice charge filed against the state.
Montana Department of Labor investigator found last month there is “probable merit” to the unfair labor practice charge filed by state employee unions after the Legislature nixed their negotiated pay deal.
The unions filed the complaint last with the Board of Personnel Appeals after the Republican-dominated Legislature refused to adopt a pay raise of about 4 percent over two years that the unions negotiated with Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
A hearings examiner will weigh evidence in a contested case proceeding scheduled to start Oct. 6.