Pocket Guide to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act

By Bonnie G. Bogue, Carol Vendrillo, Marla Taylor, and Eric Borgerson

Revised by Timothy G. Yeung
14th edition, 2012

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The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act governs labor-management relationships in California local government: cities, counties, and most special districts.

The new edition reflects important changes from the previous (2006) 13th edition including:

• Updated statutory language and discussion concerning AB 646, which took effect January 1, 2012, and implementing regulations. This new legislation provides for mandatory impasse procedure if requested when the parties have not reached a settlement of their dispute following mediation.
• The latest Public Employment Relations Board cases on representational issues and reasonableness of local rules.
• Court cases decided since the last edition, including Claremont Police Officers Assn. v. City of Claremont (2006) 39 Cal.4th 623 and International Assn. of Firefighters Local 188 v. PERB (2011) 51 Cal.4th 259.
• Statutory changes to the act, including new provisions that became effective January 1, 2012.

The book provides an easy-to-use, up-to-date resource for those who need the MMBA in a nutshell. It’s a quick guide through the tangle of cases affecting local government employee relations and includes the full text of act, a glossary, table of cases, and index of terms. The 14th edition covers new Public Employment Relations Board decisions and regulations spelling out unfair practices.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction     
    A. Overview of California Labor Relations Laws  
    B. History of the Statutory Enactments  
    C. Summary of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act  
    D. The MMBA and the Courts

II: Statutes           
    A. Meyers-Milias-Brown Act  
    B. Code of Civil Procedure Sections Addressing Binding Arbitration  
    C. Firefighters, Labor Code
    D. State Labor Policy, Labor Code  

III: Major MMBA Court Decisions and Rulings of the Public Employment Relations Board  
    A. Agency Shop  
    B. Arbitration and Delegation of Governing Body’s Authority to Arbitrator
    C. Discrimination or Retaliation for, or Interference With, Protected Union Activity  
    D. Duty to Bargain (Meet and Confer) in Good Faith
    E. Employer Domination of, or Interference with, Exclusive Representative  
    F. Impasse Resolution Procedures  
    G. Local Agency Rules  
    H. Memoranda of Understanding, Agreements  
    I. MMBA Preemption of Labor Relations
    J. Public Employment Relations Board Procedure  
    K. Representation  
    L. Scope of Bargaining  
    M. Strikes  
    N. Units  

IV: Glossary for MMBA Users      
V:  Table of Cases             
VI: Index of Terms