Decision 0136E – Fremont Unified School District * * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a
SF-CO-19; SF-CO-20 and SF-CE-92
Decision Date: June 19, 1980
Decision Type: PERB Decision
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a * * *
Perc Vol: 4
Perc Index: 11118
Decision Headnotes
900.07000 – Mediation
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a, where on remand from the Court of Appeal the Board vacated the portion of Decision No. 136 that found the district had failed or refused to meet and negotiate in good faith. * * *
Employer treatment of mediation as a mere springboard to factfinding, with no effort to resolve or narrow differences, is evidence of bad faith.
802.01000 – In General
* * * VACATED IN PART ON OTHER GROUNDS by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a. * * *
Strikes are not unlawful per se under EERA. It is the totality of the employee organization's conduct which controls. A work stoppage is a significant factor, but only one factor, to consider. In the context of the case as a whole, the work stoppage here, in response to employer unfair practice and during mediation, did not evidence an intent to avoid or delay agreement and therefore was not unlawful.
606.12000 – Failure to Sunshine Proposals
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a, where on remand from the Court of Appeal the Board vacated the portion of Decision No. 136 that found the district had failed or refused to meet and negotiate in good faith. * * *
Evidence of bad faith found in employer's refusal to negotiate over own positions because it had failed to sunshine them.
606.07000 – Inconsistent Position Taken; W/ds or Renege on Tentative Agreement
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a, where on remand from the Court of Appeal the Board vacated the portion of Decision No. 136 that found the district had failed or refused to meet and negotiate in good faith. * * *
Evidence of bad faith found in employer's proposal after 10 weeks of negotiations that for the first time called for an increased work week, a grievance policy restricting rights of grievants and increasing employer flexibility in making involuntary transfer.
606.05000 – Dilatory or Evasive Tactics
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a, where on remand from the Court of Appeal the Board vacated the portion of Decision No. 136 that found the district had failed or refused to meet and negotiate in good faith. * * *
Evidence of bad faith found in employer's refusal to negotiate on various substantive matters until the term of the agreement was settled. Evidence of bad faith also found in employer's insistence that union reach "mutual perception" of employer's financial condition prior to bargaining about financial matters. Evidence of bad faith found in employer's conditioning of both economic and noneconomic items on voter approval of a tax measure in a distant election.
606.02000 – Inflexible Position
* * * VACATED IN PART by Fremont Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 136a, where on remand from the Court of Appeal the Board vacated that portion of Decision No. 136 finding that the district failed or refused to meet and negotiate in good faith. * * *
Evidence of bad faith found in employer's inflexible position on salaries and benefits.