REPRESENTATION ISSUES; SEVERANCE – In General

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Bargaining unit history “is more important when employees have historically been in an established unit—such as when we consider a severance petition—because under those circumstances, maintaining continuity weighs against severance absent proof that collective negotiations are incapable of addressing the needs of a discrete minority within an existing unit.” (County of Monterey (2022) PERB Decision No. 2821-M, pp. 18-19; see also City of Pasadena (2021) PERB Decision No. 2788-M, p. 10 [same]; Los Rios Community College District (2018) PERB Decision No. 2587, p. 4, citing Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (1981) PERB Decision No. 165, p. 6 [“Negotiating history is of particular importance when considering a severance request, as ‘a stable negotiating relationship will not be lightly disturbed’”].) (pp. 48-49.)