AB 2754,
as amended, Grove. Public employment: employee bargaining representatives:begin delete financial information.end deletebegin insert elections.end insert
Existing law generally grants state employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. Existing law prescribes procedures in this regard for different public employers and occupational classifications, both state and local.
This bill would require an organization that provides representation to public employees in labor negotiations with a state or local public employer to hold an election every 2 years to determine if the currentbegin delete labor unionend deletebegin insert organizationend insert should continue to representbegin delete those members of the organization.end deletebegin insert
its members.end insert This billbegin insert wouldend insert grant members the right during that election to affirmatively select another public employee organization to represent them.begin insert The bill would require the organization holding the election to forward to all of its members one email from each organization running against the organization in that election, as specified. The bill would also require the organization to forward to all of its members one email from each candidate running in any election of an officer of the organization.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 3599.1)
2is added to Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:
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(a) For purposes of this section:
7(1) “Public employee organization” means an organization that
8provides representation to public employees in labor negotiations
9with a public employer regarding the terms and conditions of
10employment.
11(2) “Public employer” means any public employer, including,
12but not limited to, an employer subject to Chapter 10 (commencing
13with Section 3500), Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512),
14Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 3525), Chapter 10.7
15(commencing with Section 3540), or Chapter 12 (commencing
16with Section 3560), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 71600)
17of
Title 8, and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 71800) of
18this code, and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 99560) of Part
1911 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.
20(b) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert On and after January 1, 2017, a public employee
21organization shall hold an election every two years to determine
22if that organization will continue to represent its members during
23any subsequent employment-related negotiations.
24(c)
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25begin insert(2)end insert During the election described inbegin delete subdivision (b),end deletebegin insert paragraph
26(1),end insert members shall have the right to affirmatively select another
27public employee organization to represent them.
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(3) During the election described in paragraph (1), the public
29employee organization holding the election shall forward to all of
30its members one email from each organization running against
31the public employee organization in the election. The email shall
32be used only for the purposes of the election, sent only once during
P3 1the election, and sent at the time agreed upon between both
2organizations.
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(c) During any election of an officer of a public employee
4organization, the organization shall forward to all of its members
5one email from each candidate running in the election. The email
6shall be used only for the purposes of the election, sent only once
7during the election, and sent at the time agreed upon between the
8candidate and the organization.
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