REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT MODIFICATION – In General

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A party petitioning for a unit modification must provide proper notice to both PERB and other parties of the correct bargaining unit at issue, as well as the number of employees in the unit. However, where there was no genuine confusion as to which of two bargaining units was involved in a unit modification petition, and no demonstration of prejudice to the other parties, the Board declined to dismiss a purportedly defective petition.