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
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
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