A Syracuse community service officer has filed suit against the city and a labor union over its assertion that she must still be represented by the organization even after she resigned from it nearly a year ago.

Amber Welch sought to resign from The Civil Service Employees Association Inc. Local 1000 in September 2020. However, according to the complaint she filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, her resignation wasn’t accepted for another month.