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Labor/Employment

Jan. 19, 2013

SEIU sues Redding over outsourcing

An SF-based SEIU chapter sued the city of Redding Thursday, asking the the Shasta County Superior Court to block the city from outsourcing some services offered by its public electric utility.

By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Francisco-based chapter of the Service Employees International Union filed suit against the city of Redding Thursday, asking the the Shasta County Superior Court to block the city from outsourcing some services offered by its public electric utility.

The city council, also named in the suit, voted in December to contract with Vertex Business Services for the utility's call center services. Plaintiffs allege this...

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