Public Employment Relations Board

California Lawsuit Would Protect Local Governments Being Muzzled by State Laws

March 20, 2025 10:55 amMarch 20, 2025 10:55 am

Local democracy stands as one of the most underappreciated hallmarks of our constitutional republic. Counties and municipalities are the elected bodies most directly accountable to the voters, but their size and scope relative to federal agencies leaves them too easily...

Judge Rules Against Union That Spied on, Read Emails of Public Sector Employees

January 28, 2021 5:52 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:21 pm

On Thursday, a California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administrative law judge ruled that a union, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3, unlawfully surveilled emails and communications of several Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District employees. The...