EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; DEFENSES – Sunshining Obligation

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Violation of 3543.5(c) established notwithstanding that the exclusive representative did not present bargaining proposals and did not proceed through the public notice process. It was sufficient that it made a demand to bargain and the District expressed refusal to do so. The EERA does not require futile acts, in these circumstances, of making proposals and sunshining them; p. 13.