Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
Existing law prohibits employers from engaging in unfair labor practices, including interfering in the election by agricultural employees of labor representatives to engage in collective bargaining for the designated bargaining units. Existing law also provides criminal and civil penalties for any employer or person who engages in unfair labor practices as determined by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the courts. Existing law provides for a secret ballot election for employees in agricultural bargaining units, as defined, to select labor organizations to represent them for collective bargaining purposes. This bill would, instead, refer to the above-described secret ballot elections as elections occurring at polling sites. This bill would also permit agricultural employees, as an alternative procedure, to select their labor representatives by submitting a petition to the board accompanied by representation cards signed by a majority of the bargaining unit. The board would be required to conduct an immediate investigation to determine whether to certify the labor organization as the exclusive bargaining representative for the particular agricultural employees. Within 5 days after receiving a petition, the board would be required to make a nonappealable administrative decision. If the board determined that the representation cards meet specified criteria, then the labor organization would be certified as the exclusive bargaining representative. If the board determined that the representation cards were deficient, it would notify the labor organization of the deficiency and grant the labor organization 30 days to submit additional cards. This bill would extend the existing prohibitions and penalties to employers who engage in unfair labor practices with regard to a majority signup election. This bill would require that the board keep the information on the representation cards confidential. By expanding the definition of unfair labor practices for infractions, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 1390.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 13).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 45. Noes 23. Page 808.)
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 499.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 382.) (March 17).
Set for hearing March 17.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 306.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 9.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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