County of Madera (PERB 1809M)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
SEIU LOCAL 535,
Charging Party,
v.
COUNTY OF MADERA,
Respondent.
Case No. SA-CE-338-M
PERB Decision No. 	1809-M
J a n u a r y 	1 8 , 	2006
Appearance: Kevin Smith, Field Representative, for SEIU Local 535.
Before Duncan, Chairman; Whitehead and McKeag, Members.
DECISION
McKEAG, Member: This case comes before the Public Employment Relations Board
(Board) on appeal by SEIU Local 535 (SEIU) of a Board agent's dismissal of its unfair
practice charge. The charge alleged that the County of Madera violated the Meyers-Milias-
Brown Act (MMBA)1 by engaging in bad faith and/or surface bargaining. 	SEIU alleged that
this conduct constituted a violation of Sections 3504.5 and 3505.
On December 29, 2005, SEIU notified the Board that the parties had resolved their
dispute. Accordingly, SEIU requested to dismiss its appeal.
After a review of the record in this matter, the Board finds dismissal of the charge to be
in the best interests of the parties and to be consistent with the purposes of the MMBA. For
these reasons, the Board grants the request to dismiss this matter.
The MMBA is codified at Government Code section 3500 et seq. Unless otherwise
indicated, all statutory references herein are to the Government Code.

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ORDER
The request by SEIU Local 535 to dismiss its unfair practice charge in Case
No. SA-CE-338-M is hereby GRANTED. The appeal and unfair practice charge are, therefore,
DISMISSED.
Chairman Duncan and Member Whitehead joined in this Decision.
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