EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; NEGOTIATIONS; INDICIA OF SURFACE OR BAD FAITH BARGAINING; TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES – Other

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Efforts by the employer to undermine an employee organization’s selected negotiators indicate an absence of a good faith, while a flat ban on meeting with a particular representative would be a per se violation. PERB found employer undermined the Association’s selection of representatives when it invited former Association leader who was not designated to bargain for Association to the negotiations kickoff and gave her information about negotiations to distribute to the Association’s members.