Court Opinion

ID: 9644907
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:08:22.088045+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:19.921581
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
We have carefully reviewed .the City’s motion for rehearing, but remain satisfied with our resolution of the issues in the case. We- must respond, however, to suggestions by the City that we have misused or misunderstood certain facts in the case.
First, the City says we should not have considered the facts surrounding the group grievance because the captains (other than Alexander) who initiated that grievance did not pursue it and are not parties to the case. The attempt by Local 972, on behalf of four captains, to present a group grievance, and the rejection by the City of that grievance, are undisputed facts in the record. Local 972 raised the group grievance issue in the trial court and pursued it here. Thus, the facts were before us and the issue was before us, and we were obligated to resolve it.
Next, reurging its mootness contention, the City says a careful reading of the record will indicate that it was willing to hear Alexander’s grievance “to its fullest extent notwithstanding his lawsuit or the temporary agreed order.” However, the City does not give us a citation to the evidence in the record that supports its argument. We can only reiterate our prior observation that the City has vigorously resisted the relief sought by Alexander and Local 972, and continues to do so. Thus, the issues are not moot.
Finally, apparently seeking to distance itself from its contention that Local 972 cannot represent an individual employee, the City says, “The record clearly shows that Appellees were willing to allow union representatives to represent individual grievants.” That issue was discussed in considerable detail during oral arguments in the ease. Because there was some confusion, counsel for the City was specifically asked to clarify the City’s position. In response, counsel said the City’s position was that Local 972 could not be the representative of an individual employee.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.