Hearing to decide on unfair labor charges against Colfax school

President of the classified staff union of the Colfax school district testified in a public hearing Nov. 17 that school district officials intentionally demoted her because of her work as union president.

The goal of the hearing was to settle a dispute between Classified Education Support Personnel (CESP) president Barb Strevy and the district.

The hearing was conducted by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), a state-funded organization that mediates conflicts within public agencies.

The hearing came about after Strevy filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the district...