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

Single Topic for Decision 2788M


View all topics for Decision 2788M

Full Decision Text (click on the link to view): Full Text

1309.00000 – REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT DETERMINATION/CRITERIA (SEE ALSO WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE?, SECTION 200)
1309.03000 – Community of Interest

The City reasonably rejected petitioner’s claim that the petitioned-for employees have a community of interest separate and distinct from those employees in the established General Municipal Employees and Clerical and Technical bargaining units. Working conditions, such as round-the-clock work shifts and difficult interactions with the public—the primary community of interest factors petitioner addressed—are neither unique to the petitioned-for unit nor always sufficient on their own to warrant separate representation. (Los Rios Community College District (2018) PERB Decision No. 2587, p. 5; City of Lodi (2010) PERB Decision No. 2142-M, adopting proposed decision at p. 10.)