EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; BYPASSING EXCLUSIVE REP – Circumvention of Union; Direct Dealing With Employees

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MMBA-covered employees “have the right to represent themselves individually in their employment relations with the public agency.” (MMBA, § 3502; see also § 3503 [MMBA does not “prohibit any employee from appearing in his own behalf in his employment relations with the public agency”]; Alameda County Medical Center (2004) PERB Decision No. 1620a-M, p. 3 [MMBA section 3502 protects unionized employees’ right “to represent themselves in their employment relations with the public agency employer” but does not authorize employer to bypass union and negotiate separate employment terms with individual employees]; Alameda County Medical Center (2004) PERB Decision No. 1620-M, p. 2 [MMBA section 3503 protects unionized employees’ right “to meet with the employer without the employee organization” but does not authorize the employer to bypass the union and negotiate separate employment terms with individual employees].) (p. 36.)