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Bob Tucker - Biography Labor Representative Background and Education EXHIBIT 1 Born in Baltimore Maryland but have lived in Orange County California since 1966. 1 graduated from Valencia HS in Placentia and attended two years of college at Cal State Fullerton majoring in Communications. As a local union chapter president in Huntington Beach City School District 1992-2001 and later as a Labor Relations Representative (LRR) for the California School Employees Association (CSEA) 2001-2017, 1 learned and participated in Interest Based (collaborative) Bargaining, Health and Welfare policy and advocacy, legal rights of public employees, the rights of special needs students, and administrative law including a general knowledge of the rules of evidence. I am well versed in the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) implemented via the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Additionally, I became well versed with the Merit System civil service rules as a Personnel Commissioner in Garden Grove Unified for 10 years (2002-2012) and as an employee advocate in Los Angeles Unified for 2 years (2015-2017). 1 recently received (2017) my certificate of completion on Basic Mediation training from the OC Human Relations Commission. I completed the OC Superior Court Leadership Academy for 2017. Gathering Facts I learned the importance of gathering facts initially as a Classified Employee Union Steward in school districts and, then as a Labor Rep for CSEA. I have experienced and participated in Impasse and Fact Finding, Arbitration Hearings, Personnel Commission Hearings as well as non -merit disciplinary hearings. Not exhausting the fact -gathering process will not lead to justice or fair due process. I also set the foundation for (grievance, arbitration) and observed a Superior Court hearing and ultimately a successful Appellate Court hearing in 2004. (CSEA v. Tustin Unified). I served successfully as a Superior Court Jury Foreperson in 2015 in a Civil case regarding a Trust law issue. Analyzing Data Obviously I would need to be able to gather and analyze data in the above mentioned list. In addition, I served on a Request for Proposal(RFP) Committee three times as the Chair of the Youth Council for the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board for over 4 years. I observed and participated on several Health Benefits Committees in School Districts, including Huntington Beach City School District, Irvine Unified School District, Laguna Beach Unified School District, Tustin Unified School District, Los Angeles Unified School District. The gathering and interpreting of data for healthcare business and bargaining is critical. I have lead bargaining in all of those school districts except LAUSD however, in LAUSD and GGUSD analyzing data for reclassification of classified employees in their Merit System processes was a regular occurrence. I have requested and analyzed various school district budgets including LAUSD in 2017. 13E-8