§ 94-116. Public employees' rights; organization and representation.

(a)

Public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in, or to refrain from forming, joining, or participating in, any employee organization of their own choosing.

(b)

Public employees shall have the right to be represented by any employee organization of their own choosing, to negotiate collectively through a certified bargaining agent with their public employer in the determination of the terms and conditions of their employment.

(c)

Public employees shall have the right to engage in concerted activities not prohibited by law, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Public employees shall also have the right to refrain from engaging in such activities.

(d)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any public employee from presenting, at any time, his own grievances, in person or by legal counsel, to his public employer, and having such grievances adjusted without the intervention of the bargaining agent, if the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect and if the bargaining agent has been given reasonable opportunity to be present at any meeting called for the resolution of such grievances.

(Ord. No. 76-20, § 1.006, 9-28-76; Ord. No. 80-9, § 5, 3-18-80; Ord. No. 89-20, § 3, 5-9-89)