Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 23.40.080 (2026)
Rights of public employees
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Sec. 23.40.080. Rights of public employees.
Public employees may self-organize and form, join, or assist an organization to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
Public employees may self-organize and form, join, or assist an organization to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: Alaska Cmty. Colleges' Fed'n of Teachers, Local No. 2404 v. Univ. of Alaska, 669 P.2d 1299 (Alaska 1983).
Alaska Cmty. Colleges' Fed'n of Teachers, Local No. 2404 v. Univ. of Alaska, 669 P.2d 1299 (Alaska 1983). “(a) A public employer or his agent may not (1) interfere, restrain or coerce an employee in the exercise of his rights guaranteed in AS 23.40.080; [7] .... (3) discriminate in regard to hire or tenure of employment or a term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage…”
State of Alaska v. Alaska State Employees Ass'n/Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO, 529 P.3d 547 (Alaska 2023). “18 See AS 23.40.080 (“Public employees may self-organize and form, join, or assist [a union] to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.”
Kollodge v. State, 757 P.2d 1028 (Alaska 1988). “The APEA is the union recognized under AS 23.40.080 as the exclusive representative of all employees in the “General Government Unit,” the bargaining unit covering Kollodge’s job classification.”
Peterson v. State, 280 P.3d 559 (Alaska 2012). “AS 23.40.080. . AS 23.40.110. . See AS 23.”
Nw. Arctic Reg'l Educ. Attendance Area v. Alaska Pub. Serv. Employees, Local 71, 591 P.2d 1292 (Alaska 1979). “AS 23.40.080. By definition, however, the term “public employees” does not include “noncertificated employees of school districts.”
Creed v. Alaska State Employees Ass'n/AFSCME Local 52 (D. Alaska 2020). “See AS 23.40.080 (“[p]ublic employees may self-organize and form, join, or assist an organization to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or…”
City of Fairbanks v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 763 P.2d 976 (Alaska 1988). “AS 23.40.080 provides that public employees may themselves choose their representative for collective bargaining purposes.”
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