INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 188, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Defendant and Respondent;
CITY OF RICHMOND, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
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Davis, Cowell & Bowe, W. David Holsberry and Paul L. More for California Professional Firefighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Goldfarb & Lipman, James T. Diamond, Jr. , and Xochitl Carrion for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Warren S. Kinsler , Cathie L. Fields and Barbara J. Ginsberg for Education Legal Alliance of the California School Boards Association and the Inland Personnel Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
KENNARD, Acting C. J.—
Facing a budget crisis, the City of Richmond decided to lay off 18 of its firefighter employees. The firefighters' union tried to negotiate with the city to avert the layoffs, but the city refused to bargain over its layoff decision. The union turned to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the state agency charged with enforcing state labor laws affecting local government employees. PERB would not...
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