Decision 0449H – Regents of the University of California (California State Employees Association)

Demeanor; selective memory on cross examination; evasive, exaggerated, inconsistent testimony, inherently unbelievable testimony.

Violation found where employee denied right to union representation during an audit of duties conducted as a result of reclassification request.

Criticism of a supervisor on employment-related subjects is protected when its purpose is to advance the employees' interests in working conditions.

Representation by non-exclusive representative during the filing of grievances, and in the absence of an exclusive representative, is protected conduct.

Employee complaints about wage inequities, undertaken with two other employees, are protected despite the absence of an exclusive representative or a negotiated agreement. Individual employee complaints, filed alone, about wage inequities also protected because complainant acted with the knowledge and implied authority of other employees.