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Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… Read More
NLRB Issues Final Rule to Modernize and Streamline Election Procedures
December 15, 2014 by
Susan Garea
New election rules just adopted by the National Labor Relations Board should expedite union elections and limit employer delaying tactics in the NLRB election process, thus expediting union organizing efforts. The new election rules take… Read More
New Developments in Public Employee Labor Relations (PERB), Pensions and Initiatives
August 18, 2014 by
Teague Paterson
In the past several weeks, a number of decisions provide challenges, opportunities, and fodder in the law of public employee labor relations, retirement security, and the initiative process. Each of these developments arise from the… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
PERB Confirms Factfinding Applies to “Single Issue” Negotiations
May 19, 2014 by
Adrian Barnes
The issue of requiring independent factfinding is governed in California by the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). There have been several decisions by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) as well as the courts that cover factfinding… Read More
Court Limits Scope of MMBA Factfinding
December 30, 2013 by
Adrian Barnes
Public Sector disputes related to bargaining for new or revised contacts may end in an impasse. Under such circumstances employee bargaining units should be aware of their rights to factfinding panels through the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act… Read More
2013 California Legislative Round-Up
November 1, 2013 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Contributors: Peter McEntee, Susan Garea, Vishtasp Soroushian, Adrian Barnes, Christopher Hammer, Dalisai Nisperos and Kate Hegé. Edited by Teague Paterson. As has become a ritual in recent years, Governor Brown signed a large number of… Read More
CA Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Unions Have Absolute Right to Non-Member Contact Information
June 7, 2013 by
Dalisai Nisperos
The California Supreme Court, in a decision issued May 30, 2013, ruled that public sector unions have a right to obtain home contact information of union-represented public employees, reversing a court of appeal decision that… Read More
New NLRB Rules Should Aid Organizing
October 13, 2011 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has proposed two sets of regulations that will take effect this fall and make organizing a bit easier. One of the proposed rules is quite simple — it requires all private sector employers… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… Read More
NLRB Issues Final Rule to Modernize and Streamline Election Procedures
December 15, 2014 by Susan Garea
New election rules just adopted by the National Labor Relations Board should expedite union elections and limit employer delaying tactics in the NLRB election process, thus expediting union organizing efforts. The new election rules take… Read More
New Developments in Public Employee Labor Relations (PERB), Pensions and Initiatives
August 18, 2014 by Teague Paterson
In the past several weeks, a number of decisions provide challenges, opportunities, and fodder in the law of public employee labor relations, retirement security, and the initiative process. Each of these developments arise from the… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
PERB Confirms Factfinding Applies to “Single Issue” Negotiations
May 19, 2014 by Adrian Barnes
The issue of requiring independent factfinding is governed in California by the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). There have been several decisions by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) as well as the courts that cover factfinding… Read More
Court Limits Scope of MMBA Factfinding
December 30, 2013 by Adrian Barnes
Public Sector disputes related to bargaining for new or revised contacts may end in an impasse. Under such circumstances employee bargaining units should be aware of their rights to factfinding panels through the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act… Read More
2013 California Legislative Round-Up
November 1, 2013 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Contributors: Peter McEntee, Susan Garea, Vishtasp Soroushian, Adrian Barnes, Christopher Hammer, Dalisai Nisperos and Kate Hegé. Edited by Teague Paterson. As has become a ritual in recent years, Governor Brown signed a large number of… Read More
CA Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Unions Have Absolute Right to Non-Member Contact Information
June 7, 2013 by Dalisai Nisperos
The California Supreme Court, in a decision issued May 30, 2013, ruled that public sector unions have a right to obtain home contact information of union-represented public employees, reversing a court of appeal decision that… Read More
New NLRB Rules Should Aid Organizing
October 13, 2011 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has proposed two sets of regulations that will take effect this fall and make organizing a bit easier. One of the proposed rules is quite simple — it requires all private sector employers… Read More
