Walkout at UC
What could happen to strikers at UC?
The statute that regulates collective bargaining at UC, HEERA, is copied in many parts from federal labor law. However, unlike federal law, HEERA does not protect “concerted activity” by employees including faculty. Since Yudof et al say furloughs can’t be on teaching days, and since concerted activity is not explicitly protected, there is an interesting question of what action could be taken against faculty who “strike” on Sept. 24 if they happen to be scheduled to teach or who otherwise take furlough days on teaching days.
Who knows the answer?
Walkout called over UC budget cuts
Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer, Wednesday, September 16, 2009
“Hundreds of faculty, students and staff from the University of California’s 10 campuses are calling for a systemwide walkout Sept. 24 to protest UC’s handling of its budget crisis.
The protest is intended to disrupt classes to call attention to the deep impact of millions of dollars of budget cuts on the quality of education throughout the UC system.
What began in recent weeks as a proposed faculty walkout coinciding with the first day of school next Thursday at some campuses – including UCSF, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz – has grown to include graduate and undergraduate student groups, and labor unions representing thousands of employees.”
For the full article, go to http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/16/BAKV19N5S5.DTL