California Government Code 3575 – A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules …
A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it to investigate and decide the question of whether employees have selected or wish to select an exclusive representative or to determine the appropriateness of a unit, by:
(a) An employee organization alleging that it has filed a request for recognition as an exclusive representative with an employer and that the request has been denied or has not been acted upon within 30 days after the filing of the request; or
Terms Used In California Government Code 3575
- Board: means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3513. See California Government Code 3562
- Employee organization: means any organization of any kind in which higher education employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with higher education employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees. See California Government Code 3562
- Exclusive representative: means any recognized or certified employee organization or person it authorizes to act on its behalf. See California Government Code 3562
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(b) An employee organization alleging that it has filed a competing claim of representation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3574; or
(c) An employee organization wishing to be certified by the board as the exclusive representative. Such petition for certification as the exclusive representative in an appropriate unit shall include proof of a 30-percent showing of interest designating the organization as the exclusive representative of the employees.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 744.)