Ceorge W. 8reslauer, LxecuLlve vlce Chancellor & rovosL
unlverslLy of Callfornla, 8erkeley 200 Callfornla Pall #1300 8erkeley, CA 94720
uear LxecuLlve vlce Chancellor 8reslauer,
AlSCML and uAW have [usL recelved Lhe emall LhaL you apparenLly senL Lo deans, deparLmenL chalrs and perhaps oLhers on november 14, 2013 aL approxlmaLely 11:38 AM. ?our e-mall vlolaLes Callfornla law, and we demand LhaL you lmmedlaLely resclnd LhaL e-mall. ?ou musL also lnsLrucL Lhe reclplenL Lo resclnd follow up e-malls LhaL Lhey have senL (some of whlch we have already begun recelvlng).
?our e-mall lndlcaLes LhaL uAW members are requlred Lo Leach Lhelr classes, when ln facL Lhe law ls exacLly Lhe opposlLe: academlc sLudenL employees have a legally proLecLed rlghL Lo engage ln a sympaLhy sLrlke. SympaLhy sLrlklng academlc sLudenL employees Lherefore have Lhe legally proLecLed rlghL noL Leach Lhelr classes. ?ou supporL your unlawful sLaLemenLs wlLh Lhe reasonlng LhaL uAW may noL sympaLhy sLrlke because uAW ls sLlll bargalnlng over Lhe Lerms of lLs own conLracL. We urge you Lo consulL lmmedlaLely wlLh your aLLorneys on Lhls polnL. When you do, you wlll flnd LhaL all of your sLaLemenLs consLlLuLe lllegal LhreaLs ln vlolaLlon of Callfornla governmenL code 3371, whlch ls parL of Lhe Plgher LducaLlon Lmployer-Lmployee 8elaLlons AcL.
1o puL ln perspecLlve whaL you have done, please conslder Lhe followlng: AlSCML's sLrlke on november 20 ls an unfalr labor pracLlce sLrlke, proLesLlng unfalr labor pracLlces LhaL Lhe unlverslLy commlLLed ln connecLlon wlLh AlSCML's sLrlke lasL May. Cne of Lhe unfalr pracLlces aL lssue concerns Lhe unlverslLy's wrlLLen sLaLemenLs ln May LhaL AlSCML servlce workers were noL permlLLed Lo honor Lhe plckeL llnes of Lhelr paLlenL care Lechnlcal colleagues, because Lhe servlce workers were sLlll ln negoLlaLlons. L88 has re[ecLed Lhls argumenL, and on SepLember 12, 2013, L88 lssued a ComplalnL agalnsL Lhe unlverslLy for exacLly Lhls conducL (among oLher unfalr pracLlces).
8y maklng Lhe same mlsLake yourself, you are perpeLuaLlng Lhe same paLLern: every Llme Lhere ls such sLrlke acLlvlLy, Lhe unlverslLy wldely coerces lLs employees Lhrough unlawful sLaLemenLs such as your own.
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lease correcL Lhem rlghL away, and please copy Lhe underslgned on your correcLlons so LhaL we can be sure you have done so.