California Public Employment Relations Board


The California Public Employment Relations Board is an independent state agency within the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
It is a quasi-judicial administrative agency charged with administering the collective bargaining statutes covering employees of California’s public schools, colleges, and universities, employees of the state government, employees of California local public agencies, trial court employees, trial court interpreters, supervisory employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Judicial Council employees, Orange County Transportation Authority employees, Bay Area Rapid Transit District employees, Sacramento Regional Transit District employees, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District employees, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employees, and child care providers who participate in a state-funded early care and education program.
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History

In 1975, the California State Legislature passed the Education Employment Relations Act and established the Education Employment Relations Board. In 1977, the Legislature enacted the State Employer-Employee Relations Act, which established collective bargaining for state employees for the first time and renamed the board to its current name. Further laws have expanded the board's powers:
  • Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act of 1979, extending the same coverage to the California State University System, the University of California System and UC Law San Francisco
  • The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act of 1968 establishing collective bargaining for California’s municipal, county, and local special district employers and employees was brought under PERB’s jurisdiction pursuant to Senate Bill 739, effective July 1, 2001. PERB’s jurisdiction over the MMBA excludes peace officers, management employees and the City and County of Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act of 2003, covering supervisory employees of the transit agency
  • SB 1102, brought the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act and the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act under PERB’s jurisdiction
  • Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act, established collective bargaining for employees of the Judicial Council.
  • Public Employee Communication Chapter gives exclusive representatives of California’s public employees specific rights for communication with represented members.
  • Prohibition on Public Employers Deterring or Discouraging Union Membership, prohibits public employer interference with the right to organize or join a union
  • Building a Better Early Care and Education System Act of 2019, known as the Childcare Provider Act, establishes right to collective bargaining for family childcare providers who participate in a state-funded early care and education program
  • AB 355, extends PERB jurisdiction to OCTA workers
  • AB 2850, extends PERB jurisdiction to BART workers
  • SB 598, extends PERB jurisdiction to SacRT workers
  • SB 597, extends PERB jurisdiction to SCMTD workers
  • SB 2524, extends PERB jurisdiction to VTA workers
  • AB 288, allowing California workers covered under the National [Labor Relations Act] as of January 1, 2025 to petition the PERB when the federal National Labor Relations Board does not respond to unfair labor practice challenges, issue bargaining orders or respond to certification petitions within six months; creating the PERB Enforcement Fund sustained by civil penalties from employers found in violation of labor laws.

Members

The current members of the PERB are:
  • Eric Banks
  • Arthur A. Krantz
  • Lou Paulson
  • Mark Krausse
  • ''vacant''

Former members

  • Reginald Alleyne, Jr.
  • Jerilou H. Cossack
  • Raymond J. Gonzales
  • Harry Gluck
  • Barbara D. Moore
  • John Jaeger
  • Irene Tovar
  • Nancy Burt
  • Marty Morgenstern
  • Virgil Jensen
  • Deborah M. Hesse
  • Stephen Porter
  • William A. Craib
  • Willard A. Shank
  • Betty Cordoba
  • Richard L. Camilli
  • Alex R. Cunningham 
  • Huston T. Carlyle, Jr.
  • David M. Caffrey
  • Sue Blair
  • Marz Garcia
  • James C. Johnson
  • Martin B. Dyer
  • Antonio C. Amador
  • Donald A. Jackson
  • Richard T. Baker
  • Alfred K. Whitehead 
  • Theodore G. Neima
  • John C. Duncan
  • Lilian S. Shek
  • Sally M. McKeag
  • Karen L. Neuwald
  • Robin W. Wesley
  • Tiffany Rystrom
  • Alice Dowdin Calvillo
  • Kari Miner
  • Anita Martinez
  • A. Eugene Huguenin
  • Priscilla S. Winslow
  • Eric R. Banks 
  • Mark Gregersen
  • Ari Krantz
  • Erich Shiners
  • Louis Paulson