Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District (PERB 2230M)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 150, INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS,
Charging Party,
V.
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA COMMUNITY WATER
DISTRICT,
Respondent.
Case No. SA-CE-634-M
PERB Decision No. 2230-M
January 19, 2012
Appearances: Beeson Tayer & Bodine by Brandon Brazil and Costa Kerestenzis, Attorneys,
for Teamsters Local 150, International Brotherhood
of
Teamsters; Palmer Kazanjian Wohl
Hodson by Nicole A. Legrottaglie, Attorney, and Law Offices
of
Ravi Mehta by Ravi Mehta,
Attorney, for Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District.
Before McKeag, Dowdin Calvillo and Huguenin, Members.
DECISION
DOWD IN CALVILLO, Member: This case is before the Public Employment Relations
Board (Board) on appeal by Teamsters Local 150, International Brotherhood
of
Teamsters
(Local 150)
of
a Board agent's dismissal
of
its unfair practice charge. The charge, as amended,
alleged that the Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District (District) violated the Meyers-
Milias-Brown Act (MMBA)1 when it implemented its last, best and final offer following the
parties' negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. 	The charge alleged that, by
this conduct, the District:
(l)
discriminated and retaliated against Local 150 for exercising
rights protected under the MMBA; (2) interfered with the rights
of
Local 150 and its members;
and (3) engaged in bad faith bargaining. The Board agent found that the charge failed to state
a prima facie violation of the MMBA.
1 The MMBA is codified at Government Code section 3500 et seq.

By letter dated December 29, 2011, Local 150 notified the Board that it wished to
withdraw its appeal
of
the dismissal
of
the charge because the parties had negotiated a agreement
under which Local 150 agreed to withdraw the above-referenced charge and corresponding
appeal to the Board. Based on our review
of
Local 150's letter and the entire record in this
matter, the Board finds withdrawal is in the best interests
of
the parties and consistent with the
purposes
of
the MMBA. Accordingly, the Board grants Local 150's request to withdraw the
appeal.
ORDER
The request by Teamsters Local 150, International Brotherhood
of
Teamsters to withdraw
its appeal
of
the dismissal and unfair practice charge in Case No. SA-CE-634-M is hereby
GRANTED.
Members McKeag and Huguenin joined in this Decision.
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