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WACOPS is hosting a special pre-conference collective bargaining training on May 6th, prior to the Spring General Membership Meeting (May 7-8), presented by Attorneys Jim Cline and Anil Karia. They’ll cover key strategies for negotiating your contract, including:

• The Right to Negotiate – The Scope of Mandatory Bargaining
• Good Faith Bargaining – What PERC Requires
• Bargaining Tactics and Techniques – Practical Tips
• Contract Enforcement – Common Grievances and Interpretation Issues
• Interest Arbitration – How it Works and How to Prepare
• Developing Economic Issues – Current Conditions and How they Impact your Negotiations
• Mock Negotiations – Real Life Exercise

Jim and Anil will lead an interactive day, sharing hard-earned insights from years of negotiating Washington law enforcement contracts.

Jim Cline graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 1986 and served as a King County Deputy Prosecutor before joining Will Aitchison’s firm in 1990. Since 1994, he has led Cline and Associates. He has been involved in the negotiation of over 400 labor contracts. He has extensive experience in virtually every facet of law enforcement guild representation, to include 26 interest arbitrations.

Jim is a frequent speaker and the author of numerous articles and two books: The Rights of Washington Public Safety Employees: Member’s Manual and The Rights of Washington Public Safety Employees: Representative’s Manual.

Anil Karia is a founding member of Public Safety Labor Group and has been slaying the law since 2006. Since 2009, he’s focused on representing law enforcement associations and guilds across Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, handling day-to-day legal matters, bargaining, arbitrations, ULPs, civil litigation, legislation, and critical incidents. He doesn’t talk about what happened between 2006 and 2009.

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