County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

This case involves the balance between an employee’s right of informational privacy 1 and a union’s right to obtain information it needs to represent the employee in collective bargaining. The Service Employees International Union, Local 721 (SEIU), is the exclusive bargaining representative of all Los Angeles County (County) employees. The question here is whether SEIU is entitled to obtain the home addresses and phone numbers of all represented employees, including those who have not joined the union. We agree with both courts below that it is so entitled but reverse the…