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Other Bills Passed (Continued)
Protecting Private Sector Organizing
S.8034 (Ramos) / A.8590 (Bronson)
CSEA Position: Support
The bill allows the state Public Employment Relations
Board (PERB) to certify unions as exclusive bargaining
representatives when the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) fails to act. The bill is necessary in light of recent
dysfunction at the NLRB, when appointments and vacancies
have left the NLRB unable or unwilling to carry out its duty to
protect organizing workers. This ensures that PERB can step in to
maintain workers’ rights and uphold existing CBAs.
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