On July 25, 2011, Governor Brown vetoed AB 455, a bill that would have drastically altered the manner in which public agency personnel and merit system commission appointments are made, and that would have decisively increased union presence on commissions. (LCW blogged about the bill on July 7, 2011.) AB 455, authored
"Nora Campos"
New California Law Allowing Union Control Of Personnel And Rating Commission Appointments
By David Urban on
Posted in Legislation
On July 5, 2011, a new law that will add a union-presence to public sector personnel and merit commissions passed in the California Senate and awaits signature by the Governor. AB 455, authored by Nora Campos (D – San Jose), allows the union representing the largest number of a public agency’s employees to appoint…