Section 28850 Of Chapter 4. Labor Provisions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a district in
a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be
represented by a labor organization, then the board, after
determining pursuant to Section 28851 that the labor organization
represents the employees in the appropriate unit, shall bargain with
the accredited representative of those employees. Both parties shall
bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach
agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages,
salaries, hours, working conditions, and grievance procedures.
(1) If a dispute arises over the terms of a written contract
governing wages, salaries, hours, or working conditions that is not
resolved by negotiations conducted in good faith between the board
and the representatives of the employees, then upon the agreement of
both parties, the board and the representatives of the employees may
submit the dispute to an arbitration board. The decision of a
majority of the arbitration board shall be final.
(2) (A) The arbitration board shall be composed of two
representatives of the district, two representatives of the labor
organization, and a fifth member to be agreed upon by the
representatives of the district and the labor organization.
(B) If the representatives of the district and the labor
organization are unable to agree on the fifth member, then the names
of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained
from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The
labor organization and the district shall, alternately, strike a name
from the list supplied by the California State Mediation and
Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the district shall
determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. After
the labor organization and the district have stricken four names, the
name remaining shall be designated as the arbitrator.
(C) The transit board and the labor organization shall each pay
one-half of the cost of the impartial arbitrator.
(b) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor
organization, association, group, or individual that denies
membership on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of
the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926
and 12926.1 of the Government Code. However, the organization may
preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow
of the government by force or violence.
(c) The district shall not discriminate with regard to employment
against any person on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section
12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections
12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise
provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.