Delaware County has filed exceptions to a proposed Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board order that would nix a new Public Defender’s Office policy restricting outside work for its attorneys and setting higher salaries.
According to the findings of fact in the order, the PLRB certified a new bargaining unit of 44 staff employees in the public defender’s office in August 2020 as part of the United Auto Workers International Union. Negotiations with the county are ongoing and there is no first contract.