(A) In-home supportive services personnel shall be entitled to all of the rights conferred upon them by the Meyers Milias-Brown Act (Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 3500 et seq.), including the right to be represented in their employment relationship with the Authority by an employee organization of their choice, and the right to meet and confer with the Authority with regard to wages benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.
(B) Subject to the provisions of division (C) of this section, the Authority Board shall establish such rules, policies and regulations for administration of employer-employee relations relating to IHSS providers.
(C) Due to the special and critical health-care services provided through the IHSS program, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors hereby finds that any interruption of the services would pose an imminent threat to the health and safety of the recipients of IHSS services and to the community. In order to minimize the likelihood of the interruption and thereby protect the health and safety and to promote harmony and productive labor relations between the Public Authority and any labor organization which seeks to represent or represents IHSS providers or Public Authority personnel:
(1) The Authority shall have a non-strike clause in any and all collective bargaining agreements with IHSS providers and with personnel of the authority. The non-strike clause shall continue at least one year beyond the other provisions of any and all collective bargaining agreements as it deems necessary or appropriate and are consistent with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
(2) Any collective bargaining agreement reached between the authority and any labor organization certified to represent IHSS providers shall be subject to the limitations of this article and to ratification in its entirety (i.e., all provisions of such agreements shall be subject to the same vote) by a simple majority of the votes cast in a ballot in which all providers, as defined by the Authority Board, shall be eligible to participate. Final adoption of any such agreement shall be by a simple majority vote of the Authority Board.
(1966 Code, § 5F-16) (Ord. 759, § 2)