California Assembly Bill AB2835 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2835INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cooper FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 3543.5 of the Government Code, relating to public school employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2835, as introduced, Cooper. Public school employment: collective bargaining: unlawful activities. Under existing law, public school employees have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. Existing law makes certain acts of public school employers, such as school districts, unlawful, including, among others, the refusal or failure to meet and negotiate in good faith with an exclusive representative. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that later provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3543.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 3543.5. It is unlawful for a public school employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by this chapter. For purposes of this subdivision, "employee" includes an applicant for employment or reemployment. (b) Deny to employee organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter. (c) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with an exclusive representative.  Knowingly   For purposes of this subdivision, knowingly  providing an exclusive representative with inaccurate information, whether or not in response to a request for information, regarding the financial resources of the public school employer constitutes a refusal or failure to meet and negotiate in good faith. (d) Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization, or contribute financial or other support to it, or in any way encourage employees to join any organization in preference to another. (e) Refuse to participate in good faith in the impasse  procedure   procedures  set forth in Article 9 (commencing with Section 3548).