AB 2889 New Public Sector Strike-Related Changes for City & County of Los Angeles

California Assembly Bill 2889 prevents the City of Los Angeles Employee Relations Board (ERB) and the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (ERCOM) from awarding strike-preparation expenses and other damages due to an unlawful strike.  It grants the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) exclusive initial jurisdiction over requests to block certain employee activities, including strikes, in Los Angeles cases.

This bill makes it so that unions in Los Angeles have the same protection from union busting that all other unions under PERB’s jurisdiction have enjoyed for over a decade.  Now, instead of going directly to court with a request for injunctive relief to block a strike, the City and County of LA need to go through PERB.

For more information, contact your legal counsel.