EMPLOYER DETERRENCE OR DISCOURAGEMENT – Content of Communication

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Viewed as a whole, e-mails sent to charter school employees by agents of their employer tended to influence employee choice about whether or not to authorize representation by the union by strongly suggesting that unionization, especially with the particular union, would harm employees’ paychecks, their employment, the students, and the continuation of their charter school. The Board had no difficulty concluding that a prima facie violation of PEDD section 3550 has been established based solely on the text of the e-mails. (p. 66.)