Dear PCC Faculty, staff, students, and community members,

It is our sincere pleasure to report that the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) of the State of California has found in favor of the PCC Faculty Association’s Unfair Practice Charge over the cancellation of Winter Intersession and the change to the three-term academic calendar.

In short, PERB found that the District violated the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) for the following reasons:

1) implementing the calendar change altered its own established past practice;
2) said change was implemented without fulfilling its duty to negotiate;
3) the implemented change was not merely a breach of contract, but amounted to change in policy;
4) said change in policy affected the union’s scope of representation.

PERB hereby ORDERS the District to:

1) CEASE and DESIST from:

a) unilaterally changing the calendar without notice or opportunity to bargain;
b) denying the PCCFA the right to represent bargaining units in their employment with the District;
c) interfering with the right of a bargaining unit employees to be represented by their employee organization.

2) RESCIND the implementation of a trimester calendar… and RESTORE a semester calendar.

3) COMPENSATE affected employees for any losses suffered… including interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum.

4) and POST in all work locations in the District a notice that the PCC administration violated the law and remedies ordered by PERB.

Please take the time to read the decision for yourselves in the link provided below:

PERB Proposed Decision on Unfair Practice Change (November 27, 2013)