EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION) – Duty to Bargain Effects

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* * * VACATED IN PART on other grounds by County of Sonoma (2023) PERB Decision No. 2772a-M * * *

Effects bargaining contemplates that negotiations may ultimately cause the employer to change its mind about the non-negotiable decision in some way. Because the Associations’ ability to propose alternatives to the County Board of Supervisors’ decision vanished as soon as it placed the ballot measure on the ballot, the County violated the statutory duty to meet and confer. (p. 54.)