Legal Opinion
International Ass'n of Fire Fighters v. Public Employment Relations Board
California Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 2011No. S172377PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, Acting C. J.
Facing a budget crisis, the City of Richmond decided to lay off 18 of its firefighter employees. The firefighters’ union tried to negotiate with the city to avert the layoffs, but the city refused to bargain over its layoff decision. The union turned to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the state agency charged with enforcing state labor laws affecting local government employees. PERB would not issue a complaint, however, because it concluded that the city’s refusal to bargain had not violated state law. The union then brought an action in superior…
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