EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION, EMPLOYER CONDUCT AFFECTING ORGANIZING, UNION ACCESS; SOLICITATION, AND OTHER UNION RIGHTS – Access - Union Right

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401.00000 – EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION, EMPLOYER CONDUCT AFFECTING ORGANIZING, UNION ACCESS; SOLICITATION, AND OTHER UNION RIGHTS
401.04000 – Access – Union Right

A union’s right to reasonable access includes access to work areas for the purpose of monitoring workplace health and safety conditions. In this regard, an access request is akin to an information request, and there is no dispute that “workplace safety is firmly within the scope of representation.” (City of Santa Maria (2020) PERB Decision No. 2736-M, p. 23, citing International Assn. of Fire Fighters, Local 188, AFL-CIO v. Public Employment Relations Bd. (2011) 51 Cal.4th 259, 275.) (p. 30.)