Decision 0258E – United Teachers of Los Angeles (Collins)

LA-CO-179

Decision Date: November 17, 1982

Decision Type: PERB Decision

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Perc Vol: 7
Perc Index: 14004

Decision Headnotes

800.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION
800.02000 – Grievance Handling/Contract Administration

Absent bad faith, discrimination, or arbitrary conduct, mere negli- gence or poor judgment in handling a grievance does not constitute a breach of the duty of fair representation; p. 5. Union may exercise its discretion to determine how far to pursue a grievance in the employee's behalf as long as it does not arbitrarily ignore a meritorious grievance, or process it in a perfunctory manner; p. 5. Union is not required to process an employee's grievance if the chances for success are minimal; p. 5.

801.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES;RESTRAINT, COERCION, INTERFERENCE OR DISCRIMINATION
801.01000 – In General

Assertion of a prima facie violation of section 3543.6(b) must allege conduct of an employee organization that tends to or does result in some harm to employee rights under EERA; some connection must be shown between the employee organization's conduct and the employee's rights under EERA; p. 7.