Decision 0728E – Compton Community College District
LA-CE-2276; CO-350, 353, 360, 352, 359
Decision Date: April 4, 1989
Decision Type: PERB Decision
Perc Vol: 13
Perc Index: 20076
Decision Headnotes
1000.02058 – Ground Rules for Negotiations
Violations of ground rules viewed as reneging on an agreement and are an indicia of bad faith bargaining; p. 56, proposed dec.
606.07000 – Inconsistent Position Taken; W/ds or Renege on Tentative Agreement
Repudiation of tentative agreements and violations of ground rules are indicia of bad faith bargaining when the totality of conduct is reviewed; pp. 51-57, proposed dec.
606.04000 – Failure to Explain Proposal
A district's refusal to clarify its proposals, labeling offers as firm and then withdrawing them, and refusal to present a picture of resources available to commit to the bargaining process was bad faith bargaining and a violation; p. 61, proposed dec.
804.01000 – In General
A representative from one unit monitoring the salary negotiations of another unit is not coalition bargaining where there is no other evidence the units were trying to merge or obtain the same contract; pp. 3-6.
301.01000 – In General
Where there is no evidence that the union encouraged, planned, authorized or ratified a "sick out," no violation of the duty to bargain in good faith will be found; p. 6.
802.01000 – In General
The fact that most union officials also called in sick is, in and of itself, insufficient to demonstrate union involvement in the "sick out;" p. 7.
900.01000 – In General
The possibility that employees engaged in a spontaneous protest (sick out), without other evidence, will not support a charge that the union refused to participate in the impasse procedures in good faith; pp. 69-70, proposed dec.