Section 3507.1 Of Chapter 10. Local Public Employee Organizations From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 10.
3507.1
. (a) Unit determinations and representation elections shall
be determined and processed in accordance with rules adopted by a
public agency in accordance with this chapter. In a representation
election, a majority of the votes cast by the employees in the
appropriate bargaining unit shall be required.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and rules adopted by a public
agency pursuant to Section 3507, a bargaining unit in effect as of
the effective date of this section shall continue in effect unless
changed under the rules adopted by a public agency pursuant to
Section 3507.
(c) A public agency shall grant exclusive or majority recognition
to an employee organization based on a signed petition, authorization
cards, or union membership cards showing that a majority of the
employees in an appropriate bargaining unit desire the
representation, unless another labor organization has previously been
lawfully recognized as exclusive or majority representative of all
or part of the same unit. Exclusive or majority representation shall
be determined by a neutral third party selected by the public agency
and the employee organization who shall review the signed petition,
authorization cards, or union membership cards to verify the
exclusive or majority status of the employee organization. In the
event the public agency and the employee organization cannot agree on
a neutral third party, the California State Mediation and
Conciliation Service shall be the neutral third party and shall
verify the exclusive or majority status of the employee organization.
In the event that the neutral third party determines, based on a
signed petition, authorization cards, or union membership cards, that
a second labor organization has the support of at least 30 percent
of the employees in the unit in which recognition is sought, the
neutral third party shall order an election to establish which labor
organization, if any, has majority status.