Alameda County Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee v. Roadway Electrical Works Inc.

Appellants, the Alameda County Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595 Health and Welfare Trust, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595 Northern California Chapter National Electrical Contractors Association Labor Management Committee and Edward W. Scott Electric Company, Inc., sued respondents Roadway Electrical Works Inc. (Roadway) and MCM Construction, Inc., for unfair and unlawful competition under Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq. and interference with prospective economic advantage. Appellants’ causes of action are all premised upon an allegation that respondents are using unauthorized workers in the rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to perform certain tasks that must be performed by certified electricians pursuant to Labor Code section 3099. The trial court concluded that appellants’ causes of action implicate the authority of the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations (the Director) to determine the scope of work for electricians under the prevailing wage law, and that appellants were required to exhaust the…