According to sources close to Teamsters 223 the Union dropped the ULP against Coos County. Reasons cited for dropping the ULP relate to insufficient evidence to support the claim the County was contracting out labor formerly performed by bargaining unit workers. Meanwhile, reports continue to abound the remaining members of the Coos County Road Department are working excessive overtime to meet the minimum safety needs of the County.
Commissioner Stufflebean, who barely survived a recall attempt as a consequence of the perceived slippery way in which he laid off twenty two road workers on New Year’s Eve recently filed bankruptcy claiming his savings were depleted fighting the recall. If this claim is true he failed to declare his contribution to OreSTAR possibly violating campaign financing laws. The commissioner is reportedly vacationing in Hawaii with his family.
