(

a) It is a primary purpose of this

article to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the VTA by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represented, to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to afford employees a voice at work. (

b) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to

Section of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of the Public Employment Relations Board as described in

Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section to enforce this

article and the regulations of the Public Employment Relations Board shall apply to this article. The Public Employment Relations Board shall perform its duties under this

section consistent with its regulations and may make additional regulations. The Public Employment Relations Board may also adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this

article as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with

Section 11340) of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code). The adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to this subdivision is conclusively presumed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare within the meaning of

Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.