UNFAIR PRACTICE ISSUES; STRIKES, SLOWDOWNS AND WORK STOPPAGES – Sympathy

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Three out of five strikes at issue in employer’s request for injunctive relief were called by different bargaining units, with the remainder choosing to give notice of their intent to respect the primary picket line and strike in sympathy. This series of primary and sympathy strikes could as easily be characterized as a reflection of the University’s decision to bargain separately with each bargaining unit. That is, each bargaining unit maintained a separate and distinct right to take what actions it considered necessary to protect its members and position at the bargaining table. The Board would not infer impermissible coordination based solely on the University’s “information and belief” that such coordination must be present [citation], because such unsupported allegations could not overcome the Unions’ established and presumptive right to exercise the ultimate recourse to strike and to stand in solidarity with their sister employee organizations. (pp. 7-8.)