Decision 1086E – San Francisco Unified School District
SF-R-799-800, 803
Decision Date: March 1, 1995
Decision Type: PERB Decision
Description: Three unions seek separate bargaining units for various employee classifications.
Disposition: Petition denied. Residual unit found appropriate.
Perc Vol: 19
Perc Index: 26064
Decision Headnotes
1309.03000 – Community of Interest
The community of interest found to exist among the crafts employees of the Building and Grounds Department defeats the attempt to form single craft units; p. 32, proposed dec. The glaziers, sheet metal workers and electricians share a community of interest, but that community of interest is not distinct and separate from that shared with other crafts employees with whom they are functionally integrated and share supervision, working conditions, work locations, training and use of tools; p. 33, proposed dec.
1309.14000 – Splitting of Classifications
EERA does not preclude in every case an employee's placement in more than one bargaining unit. An employee holding two positions with the same employer might well be included in two separate bargaining units representated by two different exclusive representatives; p. 28, proposed dec.
1309.01000 – In General/Definition of Appropriate Unit
Education Code section 45318 only requires that the district's employees be covered by the city's civil service system, not that the district be subject to the bargaining unit structure of the city employee relations ordinance; p. 28, proposed dec. EERA does not preclude in every case an employee's placement in more than one bargaining unit. An employee holding two positions with the same employer might well be included in two separate bargaining units represented by two different exclusive representatives; p. 28, proposed dec. The determination of an appropriate unit must be made with consideration only of those classifications not already placed in a unit; p. 30, proposed dec. Board determines each case based on the appropriateness of the unit and is not limited to a choice between "an" or "the most" appropriate Board determines each case based on the appropriateness of the unit and is not limited to a choice between "an" or "the most" appropriate
102.02000 – Concurrent or Conflicting Jurisdiction with Other Agencies or Courts; Interpretation or Enforcement of Other Statutes
The San Francisco Unified School District and the City of San Francisco are joint employers and PERB has jurisdiction over the determination of appropriate bargaining units; p. 23, fn. 35, proposed dec.
200.01000 – In General
Education Code section 45318 only requires that the district's employees be covered by the city's civil service system, not that the district be subject to the bargaining unit structure of the city employee relations ordinance; p. 28, proposed dec. EERA does not preclude in every case an employee's placement in more than one bargaining unit. An employee holding two positions with the same employer might well be included in two separate bargaining units represented by two different exclusive representatives; p. 28, proposed dec.