Headnote for 1064S, 800.04000 - Scope of Duty; Internal Union Affairs - California Public Employment Relations Board

UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION – Scope of Duty; Internal Union Affairs

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800.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION
800.04000 – Scope of Duty; Internal Union Affairs

The union did not violate the duty of fair representation when it refused to represent the charging party before the State Personnel Board because it had no obligation to represent him in that forum; pp. 9-10. No duty owed unless exclusive representative posses the exclusive means by which an employee can obtain a particular remedy.