Unit 18 NSF Contractual Rights Training

Facilitators:
Sandy Baringer, UC-AFT VP of Grievances
Ben Harder, UCR Grievance Steward; Unit 18 Bargaining Team

Time segments are approximate

10-10:30am, Introductions, overview     

• HEERA (Higher Education Employee/Employer Relations Act)
• Leginfo.ca.gov – Government Code section 3560 et seq
• PERB (Pubic Employee Relations Board)
• PERB decision bank – perb.ca.gov/decisionbank
• Unit definition – HEERA sections 3573-81
• ULP (unfair labor practice) – HEERA sections 3565-3572.5:
• Duty to meet & confer, good faith bargaining;
• No unilateral change in terms of employment within scope of bargaining;
• May not retaliate against or intimidate employees for concerted activity
• DFR (duty of fair representation) HEERA sections 3571.1 & 3578 – to everyone in the unit, union member or not
• Weingarten rights - NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) – right of union representative to attend where a reasonable expectation exists that the meeting is to discuss discipline, discharge, or a change in personal working conditions  

10:30-11:15am - UC-AFT Database

• Source
• Uses
• Sample exercise and generation of lists

11:15-11:30am – RFIs (Requests for Information) – introductory comments and examples

11:30-12 -  Introduction to Gripes & Grievances

• Deadlines and timelines (Article 32, Article 17)
• Assessing and drafting grievances: distinguishing a gripe from a grievance
• The Unit 18 grievance form
• Scenario #1                    (All scenarios linked here)

12 noon – LUNCH

1:00-4:00 pm – Gripes & Grievances continued

• Scenario #2
• Scenario #3
• Scenario #4

4:00-5:00pm – the grievance steps, and the arbitration processes (Articles 32, 33)

5:00-6:00pm – Q&A; anything else that comes up

Benefits Eligibility Appointment Scenarios