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The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) is an independent state agency within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) responsible for overseeing labor relations between most California’s public employers and their employees. As a quasi-judicial body, PERB administers and enforces collective bargaining laws, promotes fair labor practices, and resolves disputes to support stable and harmonious labor-management relations across the public sector.

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2978E

Hughson Educators Association (Ruiz)
SA-CO-676-E

Description: Cynthia Ruiz alleged that her bargaining unit’s exclusive representative Hughson Educators Association breached its duty of fair representation when it discontinued representing her after her contract grievance reached the arbitration stage. PERB’s Office of...

2977E

Fontana Unified School District
LA-CE-6874-E

Description: An administrative law judge (ALJ) issued a proposed decision finding that Fontana Unified School District violated EERA by directing an employee not to contact other employees. Prevailing party United Steelworkers Local 8599 (USW) filed...

2976M

City of Compton
LA-CE-1690-M

Description:  Charging Party Compton Firefighters, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2216 (Local 2216) filed an unfair practice charge over the City of Compton’s decision to prohibit employees from engaging in physical fitness workouts during...

2975M

County of Kern and Kern County Civil Service Commission
LA-CE-1718-M

Description: The Constitutionally Mandated Employees Union, Local 148 (CMEU) submitted a petition to Kern County to sever Deputy Public Defenders from the County’s professional unit, sever Public Defender Investigators from the County’s technical unit, and...

A531E

Fresno Unified School District
SA-SV-192-E

Description:  This case was before the Board on an interlocutory appeal from an administrative determination (AD) concerning a severance petition that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) filed under the Educational Employment...

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August 1, 2025

In July 2025, the Board issued ten decisions. The decision descriptions and dispositions are below. PERB Decision No. 2971 Organization: …

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In June 2025, the Board issued four decisions. The decision descriptions and dispositions are below. PERB Order No. Ad-528 Employer: …

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In May 2025, the Board issued nine decisions. The decision descriptions and dispositions are below. PERB Decision No. 2960-M Employer: …

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