Renken

The petitioners have appealed from a judgment denying their petition for a writ of mandate compelling the school district to grant the request of each petitioner that the district deduct the amount of his union dues from his salary or wages and remit the money to Local Union 99 of the Los Angeles City and County School Employees Union, and compelling the district to so act with respect to other employees of the district “presently employed or employed at a later date who are members or become members of Local Union 99” and who authorize such deduction. In support of their position, the petitioners rely upon the provisions of sections 1157.1 and 1157.3 of the Government Code. After the entry of the judgment, changes made in section 1157.3 in 1961 became effective.

In substance the findings of fact of the trial court were in part as follows: 1. “Local 99 is a bona fide association which includes in its membership one or more persons who are not public employees ’ ’; there is not a "bona fide association forming a sub-unit of said Local 99“ in the school district. The union includes in its membership noncertified employees engaged in work such as maintenance and operation of school…