The labor relations agency shall decide in each case, in order to assure to employees the fullest freedom in exercising the rights guaranteed by AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260, the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, based on such factors as community of interest, wages, hours, and other working conditions of the employees involved, the history of collective bargaining, and the desires of the employees. Bargaining units shall be as large as is reasonable, and unnecessary fragmenting shall be avoided.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 40. Labor Organizations
Article 2. Public Employment Relations Act.
Sec. 23.40.070. Declaration of policy.
Sec. 23.40.075. Items not subject to bargaining.
Sec. 23.40.080. Rights of public employees.
Sec. 23.40.090. Collective bargaining unit.
Sec. 23.40.100. Representatives and elections.
Sec. 23.40.110. Unfair labor practices.
Sec. 23.40.120. Investigation and conciliation of complaints.
Sec. 23.40.130. Complaint and accusation.
Sec. 23.40.140. Orders and decisions.
Sec. 23.40.150. Enforcement by injunction.
Sec. 23.40.160. Power to investigate and compel testimony.
Sec. 23.40.180. Penalty for violation of order or decision.
Sec. 23.40.200. Classes of public employees; arbitration.
Sec. 23.40.210. Agreement; cost-of-living differential.
Sec. 23.40.212. Agreement with the Board of Regents.
Sec. 23.40.215. Monetary terms subject to legislative funding.
Sec. 23.40.225. Exemption based on religious convictions.
Sec. 23.40.235. Public involvement in school district negotiations.
Sec. 23.40.240. Effect on certain units, representatives, and agreements.
Sec. 23.40.245. Postsecondary student involvement in collective bargaining.
Sec. 23.40.255. Applicability to political subdivisions, including school districts.