Decision 0863E – Service Employees International Union (Watts)

Government Code section 3547 does not prohibit a public school employer from allowing initial bargaining proposals from a union not recognized as exclusive representative; p. 2. Violations of recognition procedures do not fall within the purview of EERA's public notice provisions; p. 4, admin. determination.

32910 - Limits the scope of EERA public notice complaints and does not address the issue of whether a union was properly recognized by the district; p. 4, admin. determination. 32920 - Nature of assistance is technical only, and legal assistance is not mandated by regulation.

Initial proposal may be presented at public meeting by employee organization which has not yet complied with recognition requirements of EERA section 3544 et seq.; nothing in public notice provisions prohibits this conduct; p. 2. As complainant received necessary technical assistance during investigation, argument that he did not receive assistance required by PERB Regulation 32920 is without merit.

Union cannot violate section 3547(a) because it does not control the public meeting agenda; p. 3, admin. determination. Regulation 32910 limits the scope of EERA public notice complaints and does not address the issue of whether a union was properly recognized by the district; p. 4, admin. determination.