REPRESENTATION ISSUES; OBJECTION TO ELECTIONS – Union Conduct

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1304.00000 – REPRESENTATION ISSUES; OBJECTION TO ELECTIONS
1304.05000 – Union Conduct

PERB will not set aside an election based on a party’s misrepresentation during the election campaign unless the misrepresentation was made in such a way that employees would not be able to ascertain the truth of the statement. Union flyer instructing employees to give their mail ballots to a “trusted shop steward” did not interfere with employee free choice because employees had ample means to learn the proper method for returning the ballot well before the ballot return date: the union immediately issued a corrected flyer, mailed a newsletter containing a correction to each bargaining unit member’s home, and ballot instructions were posted at the employer’s premises and included by PERB with the ballot itself.