Headnote for 1029S, 407.02000 - Withdrawal of Union Membership; Authorization Suggested, Aided or Discouraged - California Public Employment Relations Board

EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION; INTERFERENCE WITH DECERTIFICATION OR RIVAL UNION PETITION – Withdrawal of Union Membership; Authorization Suggested, Aided or Discouraged

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407.00000 – EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION; INTERFERENCE WITH DECERTIFICATION OR RIVAL UNION PETITION
407.02000 – Withdrawal of Union Membership; Authorization Suggested, Aided or Discouraged

***PARTIALLY OVERRULED ON OTHER GROUNDS BY Downey Unified School District (2026) PERB Decision No. 3018.***

Requirement by the union that members submit an acknowledgment form in addition to the signed withdrawal letter required by the Dills Act violates members' right to withdraw from membership; pp. 7-8. Parties are prohibited from extending the contract without also extending the window period for withdrawing from union membership; p. 8. In the absence of a contract, there is no requirement of maintenance of membership; pp. 8-9.