REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT MODIFICATION – Accretion, Adding classification(s) to existing unit (PERB jurisdictions)

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1310.00000 – REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT MODIFICATION
1310.07000 – Accretion, Adding classification(s) to existing unit (PERB jurisdictions)

The preference for broader units in the public sector does not warrant accreting a group of employees into a unit if the exclusive representative objects. (Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital District (2020) PERB Decision No. 2689-M, p. 30, fn. 29 & p. 31, fn. 31; County of Santa Clara (2019) PERB Decision No. 2670-M, p. 31; Santa Clara Valley Water District (2017) PERB Decision No. 2531-M, p. 17.) (p. 12, fn. 9.)