Decision 0252E – Los Angeles Community College District

LA-CE-1091

Decision Date: October 18, 1982

Decision Type: PERB Decision

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Perc Vol: 6
Perc Index: 13241

Decision Headnotes

202.00000 – PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS
202.04000 – Agents (See also 1400)

Employees are not agents of union absent a showing that they had actual or apparent authority to act for the union, or were informants for the union; p. 18.

1202.00000 – REMEDIES FOR UNFAIR PRACTICES; FACTORS LIMITING OR TERMINATING LIABILITY
1202.02000 – Agreement Between. the Parties

Reinstatement of employees to shifts which were unlawfully unilateral- ly changed by employer is inappropriate, where parties have since entered into agreement containing a provision granting the employer the right to eliminate shifts; p. 21.

608.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; DEFENSES
608.07000 – Waiver by Union; Contract Waivers; Bargaining History Estoppel; Disclaimer; Supersession

Union's waiver must be demonstrated by either "clear and unmistakable" language, or demonstrative behavior waiving a reasonable opportunity to bargain over a decision not already firmly made by the employer; absent employer notice union couldn't have intentionally relinquished its interest in the matter by inaction; pp. 9-10. Waiver must be an intentional relinquishment of the union's rights; p. 10. Contract terms will not justify a unilateral management act on a mandatory subject of bargaining unless the contract expressly or by necessary implication confers such a right; p. 10. Purpose of zipper clause is to foreclose further requests to bargain negotiable matters during the life of a contract; it does not cede to the employer the right to make unilateral changes in the status quo; p. 11. The fact that union drops a contract proposal during the course of p. 11. The fact that union drops a contract proposal during the course of Union does not waive its right to negotiate by failing to request negotiations where it had no notice of the intended change before the decision had been firmly made; pp. 16-17.

1000.00000 – SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION
1000.02131 – Shift Assignments

Shift assignments within scope of representation.

1500.00000 – MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES; EDUCATION CODE
1500.02000 – Education Code Sections Considered by PERB (By Number)

Section 88183 requiring district to make shift assignments on the basis of seniority does not prevent reinstatement of employees to restore status quo.

1500.00000 – MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES; EDUCATION CODE
1500.03000 – Education Code Sections Considered by PERB (By Subject)

Shift differentials to be paid on basis of seniority.

1400.00000 – GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; AGENCY
1400.03000 – Union Responsibility

Employees are not agents of union absent a showing that they had actual or apparent authority to act for the union, or were informants for the union; p. 18.

1402.00000 – GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER
1402.01000 – In General

Union's waiver must be demonstrated by either "clear and unmistakable" language, or demonstrative behavior waiving a reasonable opportunity to bargain over a decision not already firmly made by the employer; absent employer notice, union couldn't have intentionally relinquished its interest in the matter by inaction; pp. 9-10. Waiver must be an intentional relinquishment of the union's rights; p. 10.

1402.00000 – GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER
1402.03000 – By Contract/Zipper Clauses/Management Rights Clauses

Contract terms will not justify a unilateral management act on a mandatory subject of bargaining unless the contract expressly or by necessary implication confers such a right; p. 10. Purpose of zipper clause is to foreclose further requests to bargain negotiable matters during the life of a contract; it does not cede to the employer the right to make unilateral changes in the status quo; p. 11. Union does not waive its right to negotiate by failing to request negotiations where it had no notice of the intended change before the decision had been firmly made; pp. 16-17.

1402.00000 – GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER
1402.05000 – By Delaying or Failing to Request Negotiations

Union does not waive its right to negotiate by failing to request negotiations where it had no notice of the intended change before the decision had been firmly made; pp. 16-17.