The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act generally governs employer-employee relations between local public agencies and their employees, and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of those agencies and their employees. Under the act, these employees have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, and recognized employee organizations have the right to represent their members on all matters of employer-employee relations, including disputes.
Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District with various powers and duties and establishes a board of directors as the legislative body of the district. Existing law requires the board, upon a majority of district employees in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicating a desire to be represented by a labor organization, to bargain with the accredited representative of those employees. Existing law requires the board and employees to bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and grievance procedures.
This bill would instead require that the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act govern the district's employer-employee relations, as specified, and that these relations be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of, and be administered by, the Public Employment Relations Board.
By increasing the duties of the district, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Statutes affected:
AB2850: 221 LAB
02/21/20 - Introduced: 221 LAB
05/04/20 - Amended Assembly: 28850 PUC, 28851 PUC, 221 LAB
AB 2850: 221 LAB