Trustees of the California State University (San Luis Obispo) (PERB 1599H)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION,
Charging Party,
V.
TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY (SAN LUIS OBISPO),
Respondent.
Case No. SA-CE-212-H
PERB Decision No. 	1599-H
February
	19,
	2004
Appearances: 	Gilbert F. Rojo, Sr., Labor Relations Representative, for California State
Employees Association; Carlos Cordova, Janette Reed Williams and Marc Mootchnik,
Attorneys, for Trustees
of
the California State University (San Luis Obispo).
Before Baker, Whitehead and Neima, Members.
DECISION
BAKER, Member: This case is before the Public Employment Relations Board (Board)
on appeal by the California State Employees Association (CSEA) to a Board agent's dismissal
of
its unfair practice charge. The charge alleged that the Trustees
of
the California State
University (San Luis Obispo) (CSU) violated the Higher Education Employer-Employee
Relations Act (HEERA)1 by unilaterally implementing a student fee increase which affected
CSU employees enrolled in university courses.
By letter dated January 23, 2004, CSEA seeks to withdraw its unfair practice charge.
According to the letter, the parties reached a settlement in this matter on January 7, 2004. 	Due
1HEERA is codified at Government Code section 3560 et seq. Unless otherwise indicated,
all statutory references herein are to the Government Code.

to the settlement of this matter, the Board finds that a withdrawal is in the best interests of the
parties and is consistent with the purposes of the HEERA.
ORDER
The request of the California State Employees Association to withdraw the unfair
practice charge in Case No. SA-CE-212-H is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, the appeal and
unfair practice charge are WITHDRAWN.
Members Whitehead and Neima joined in this Decision.
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