Category: PERB Decision

Public Employment Relations Board (SEIU Local 1021) v. City of Fremont (Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG13677821) (PERB Case No. SF-CE-1028-M) PERB recently granted a request for injunctive relief (IR) filed by SEIU Local 1021 against the City of Fremont (City).  The case began when a bargaining unit employee submitted a petition, with the required proof of support, seeking to decertify SEIU.  The City accepted the petition and began preparing to hold a decertification election.  Shortly thereafter, the City concluded that the official recognized employee organization was the Fremont City Employees Association (FACE), and not SEIU; and that FACE was…

County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (Cal. Supreme Court Case No. S191944) (Issued on 5/30/13) The California Supreme Court has finally issued its decision in this case. The issue is one of first impression: whether California’s constitutional right of privacy limits a union’s ability to obtain the home addresses of bargaining unit members from the employer. Facts SEIU represents several bargaining units in the County of Los Angeles. As of 2007, SEIU had contact information for approximately 46,000 union members but did not have that information for about half of the 14,500 non-union members in…