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Section 3583.5 Of Article 7. Organizational Security From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 7.
3583.5
. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
employee of the California State University or the University of
California, other than a faculty member of the University of
California who is eligible for membership in the Academic Senate, who
is in a unit for which an exclusive representative has been selected
pursuant to this chapter, shall be required, as a condition of
continued employment, either to join the recognized employee
organization or to pay the organization a fair share service fee. The
amount of the fee shall not exceed the dues that are payable by
members of the employee organization, and shall cover the cost of
negotiation, contract administration, and other activities of the
employee organization that are germane to its functions as the
exclusive bargaining representative. Upon notification to the
employer by the exclusive representative, the amount of the fee shall
be deducted by the employer from the wages or salary of the employee
and paid to the employee organization.
(2) The costs covered by the fee under this section may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, the cost of lobbying activities designed to foster collective bargaining negotiations and contract administration, or to secure for the represented employees advantages in wages, hours, and other conditions of employment in addition to those secured through meeting and conferring with the higher education employer.
(b) The organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) shall remain in effect unless it is rescinded pursuant to subdivision (c). The higher education employer shall remain neutral, and shall not participate in any election conducted under this section unless required to do so by the board.
(c) (1) The organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) may be rescinded by a majority vote of all the employees in the negotiating unit subject to that arrangement, if a request for a vote is supported by a petition containing the signatures of at least 30 percent of the employees in the negotiating unit, and the signatures are obtained in one academic year. There shall not be more than one vote taken during the term of any memorandum of understanding in effect on or after January 1, 2000.
(2) If the organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) is rescinded pursuant to paragraph (1), a majority of all the employees in the negotiating unit may request that the arrangement be reinstated. That request shall be submitted to the board along with a petition containing the signatures of at least 30 percent of the employees in the negotiating unit. The vote shall be conducted at the worksite by secret ballot, and shall be conducted no sooner than one year after the rescission of the organizational security arrangement under this subdivision.
(3) If the board determines that the appropriate number of signatures have been collected, it shall conduct the vote to rescind or reinstate in a manner that it shall prescribe in accordance with this subdivision.
(4) The cost of conducting an election under this subdivision to reinstate the organizational security arrangement shall be borne by the petitioning party, and the cost of conducting an election to rescind the arrangement shall be borne by the board.
(2) The costs covered by the fee under this section may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, the cost of lobbying activities designed to foster collective bargaining negotiations and contract administration, or to secure for the represented employees advantages in wages, hours, and other conditions of employment in addition to those secured through meeting and conferring with the higher education employer.
(b) The organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) shall remain in effect unless it is rescinded pursuant to subdivision (c). The higher education employer shall remain neutral, and shall not participate in any election conducted under this section unless required to do so by the board.
(c) (1) The organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) may be rescinded by a majority vote of all the employees in the negotiating unit subject to that arrangement, if a request for a vote is supported by a petition containing the signatures of at least 30 percent of the employees in the negotiating unit, and the signatures are obtained in one academic year. There shall not be more than one vote taken during the term of any memorandum of understanding in effect on or after January 1, 2000.
(2) If the organizational security arrangement described in subdivision (a) is rescinded pursuant to paragraph (1), a majority of all the employees in the negotiating unit may request that the arrangement be reinstated. That request shall be submitted to the board along with a petition containing the signatures of at least 30 percent of the employees in the negotiating unit. The vote shall be conducted at the worksite by secret ballot, and shall be conducted no sooner than one year after the rescission of the organizational security arrangement under this subdivision.
(3) If the board determines that the appropriate number of signatures have been collected, it shall conduct the vote to rescind or reinstate in a manner that it shall prescribe in accordance with this subdivision.
(4) The cost of conducting an election under this subdivision to reinstate the organizational security arrangement shall be borne by the petitioning party, and the cost of conducting an election to rescind the arrangement shall be borne by the board.
