Rea

Littler Mendelson, Richard N. Hill, Gayle L. Gonda, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Appellant Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 104 (union) filed an action for mandate, administrative mandate and declaratory relief challenging a decision of respondent John M. Rea, as Acting Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), interpreting California's prevailing wage law in favor of respondent Solano County Roofing, Inc. (SCR). (See Lab. Code, [1] §§ 1770-1781.) The trial court sustained demurrers on all causes of action, finding that the union's action was barred for several reasons, including its failure to exhaust its administrative remedies. The union appeals the subsequent judgment dismissing its petition, [2] challenging inter alia the trial court's finding that the action was barred because the union failed to exhaust its administrative remedies. [3] (See §§ 1742, 1773.4; Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1060, 1086, 1094.5.) We affirm the judgment.

The Director of the state DIR determines the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to execute public works…