Nebraska Supreme Court ruling cements Omaha police union victory in contract dispute

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POSTED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016 1:00 AM | UPDATED: 8:55 PM, FRI JAN 1, 2016.
By Matt Wynn / World-Herald staff writer

The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a decision that kept the Omaha police union’s contract in effect after its end date, cementing a union victory.

In affirming the lower court’s decision, the court described part of the city’s case as “absurd” and a lack of written documentation as “inexplicable.”

The police contract expired at the end of 2013. A clause said it would stay in effect, unchanged, if the two sides did not say they wanted to open negotiations before April 1.

That was fine by the union, led by President John Wells.

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