REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT DETERMINATION/CRITERIA (SEE ALSO WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE?, SECTION 200) – Skilled Crafts

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A skilled craft unit may be inappropriate in a transit district depending on the degree to which those workers are part of an integrated production process. (p. 31.) Considerations include (1) whether the skilled craft workers work primarily in production areas or separate shops, (2) whether the production process is functionally dependent upon the skilled craft workers’ work, and (3) whether a work stoppage among employees in the proposed unit would substantially impact the operations of the other parts of the system. (Ibid.) Consistent with PERB’s preference for system-wide bargaining units in transportation systems, the evidence demonstrated functional dependence where the petitioned-for classifications perform duties integral to the provision of safe, reliable public transit services. (pp. 32-33.)