Section 99560 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
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. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The people of this state have a fundamental interest in the
development of harmonious and cooperative labor relations between
public transit districts and their employees.
(b) Public transit districts are not subject to a common statewide
statutory scheme or an administrative agency that has jurisdiction
over the conduct of employer-employee relations.
(c) Other public sector employees in the state have been granted
the opportunity for collective bargaining through the adoption of the
Meyers-Milias Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500)
of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Ralph C. Dills
Act (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of
Title 1 of the Government Code), the Educational Employment Relations
Act (Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of
Title 1 of the Government Code), and the Higher Education
Employer-Employee Relations Act (Chapter 12 (commencing with Section
3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code), and it would
be advantageous and desirable to expand the jurisdiction of the
Public Employment Relations Board to cover the employees of public
transit districts.
(d) The people and the public transit district employers each have
a fundamental interest in the preservation and promotion of the
responsibilities granted by the people of this state. Harmonious
relations between each public transit district employer and its
employees are necessary to that endeavor.
(e) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide the means by
which relations between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and their supervisory employees may assure
that the responsibilities and authorities granted to each transit
district by statute are carried out in an atmosphere that permits the
fullest participation by employees in the determination of
conditions of employment which affect them. It is the intent of this
chapter to accomplish this purpose by providing a uniform basis for
recognizing the right of the employees of these transit districts to
full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of
representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of
representation in their employment relationships with their employers
and to select one employee organization as their exclusive
representative for the purpose of meeting and conferring.
(f) It is the further purpose of this chapter to provide orderly
and clearly defined procedures for meeting and conferring and the
resolution of impasses, and to define and prohibit certain practices
that are inimical to the public interest.