UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; UNION BARGAINING CONDUCT – Refusal to Bargain in Good Faith (See, also, Scope of Representation, Sec. 1000)

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Union is precluded from making unilateral changes in the status quo after an agreement expires, until such time as the parties negotiate a successor agreement or they negotiate through completion of the impasse procedure. Association unilaterally changed policy by refusing to participate in the local peer assistance and review (PAR) program, whereby teachers assisted other teachers in the areas of subject matter knowledge, teaching methods, and teaching strategies; p. 14, proposed dec.