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Bob Tucker - Biography <br />Labor Representative <br />Background and Education <br />Born in Baltimore Maryland but have lived in Orange County California since 1966. I graduated <br />from Valencia HS in Placentia and attended two years of college at Cal State Fullerton majoring <br />in Communications. <br />As a local union chapter president in Huntington Beach City School District 1992-2001 and later <br />as a Labor Relations Representative (LRR) for the California School Employees Association <br />(CSEA) 2001-2017, I learned and participated in Interest Based (collaborative) Bargaining, <br />Health and Welfare policy and advocacy, legal rights of public employees, the rights of special <br />needs students, and administrative law including a general knowledge of the rules of evidence. I <br />am well versed in the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) implemented via the <br />Public Employment Relations Board (PERS). Additionally, I became well versed with the Merit <br />System civil service rules as a Personnel Commissioner in Garden Grove Unified for 10 years <br />(2002-201 2) and as an employee advocate in Los Angeles Unified for 2 years (2015-2017). I <br />recently received (2017) my cer tificate of completion on Basic Mediation training from the OC <br />Human Relations Commission. <br />I completed the OC Superior Court Leadership Academy for 2017. <br />Gathering Facts <br />I learned the importance of gathering facts initially as a Classified Employee Union Steward in <br />school districts and. then as a Labor Rep for CSEA. I have experienced and participated in <br />Impasse and Fact Finding, Arbitration Hearings, Personnel Commission Hearings as well as <br />non-merit disciplinary hearings. Not exhausting the fact-gathering process will not lead to justice <br />or fair due process. <br />I also set the foundation for (grievance, arbitration) and observed a Superior Court hearing and <br />ultimately a successful Appellate Court hearing in 2004. (CSEA v. Tustin Unified). I served <br />successfully as a Superior Court Jury Foreperson in 2015 in a Civil case regarding a Trust law <br />issue. <br />Analyzing Data <br />Obviously I would need to be able to gather and analyze data in the above mentioned list. In <br />addition, I served on a Request for Proposal(RFP) Committee three times as the Chair of the <br />Youth Council for the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board for over 4 years. I observed and <br />participated on several Health Benefits Committees in School Districts, including Huntington <br />Beach City School District, Irvine Unified School District, Laguna Beach Unified School District, <br />Tustin Unified School District, Los Angeles Unified School District. The gathering and <br />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 <br />reclassification of classified employees in their Merit System processes was a regular <br />occurrence. I have requested and analyzed various school district budgets including LAUSD in <br />2017. <br />EXHIBIT 1