Legal Opinion
Relyea v. Ventura County Fire Protection District
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 15, 1992No. B054026PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STONE (S. J.), P. J.
The issue presented here is whether local government employees can compel their employers to negotiate terms and conditions of employment with them as individuals. We hold that they cannot, based on the absence of any express legislation granting local public employees such right and on the limited scope of a public employee’s right to self-representation.
Appellant Ron Relyea was formerly employed as a fire engineer by respondent Ventura County Fire Protection District (District). Intervener Ventura County Professional Firefighters Association (Association) is the…
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