Regents of the University of California (Santa Barbara) (PERB 2254H)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
COALITION OF UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES,
Charging Party,
v.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA (SANTA BARBARA),
Respondent.
Case No. SF-CE-956-H
PERB Decision No. 2254-H
April 25, 2012
Appearances: Beeson, Tayer & Bodine by Susank. Garea, Attorney, for Coalition of
University Employees; Angela D. Roach, Employee & Labor Relations Specialist and
Mia L. Belk, Attorney, for Regents of the University of California (Santa Barbara).
Before Martinez, Chair; Dowdin Calvillo and Huguenin, Members.
DECISION
DOWD IN CALVILLO, Member: This case is before the Public Employment Relations
Board (PERB or Board) on appeal by the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) from
PERB 's Office of the General Counsel's dismissal of their unfair practice charge. The charge
alleged that the Regents of the University of California (Santa Barbara) violated the Higher
Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA)1 by: (1) retaliating against employee
and bargaining unit member Loan Piela for her protected activity; (2) unlawfully interfering
with the ability of 	representative Ken Rivas to represent CUE; and (3) making an
unlawful unilateral change to the past practice of the parties. The Board agent dismissed the
charge on the basis that it failed to state a prima facie violation of HEERA.
1 HEERA is codified at Government Code section 3560 et seq.

By letter dated April 3, 2012, CUE notified the Board that it wished to withdraw the
charge in this matter with prejudice, pursuant to a global settlement agreement between the
parties.
The Board has the discretion to grant or deny requests to withdraw and dismiss cases
pending before the Board itself. (PERB Reg. 32320, subd. (a)(2)2 ["The Board itself may ...
take such other action as it considers proper."]; State of California (Department of Personnel
Administration) (2010) PERB Decision No. 2152-S; Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College
District (2009) PERB Order No. Ad-380; Oakland Unified School District (1988) PERB Order
o. Ad-171; ABC Unified School District (1991) PERB Decision No. 831 b .) Based on our
review of CUE's letter and the entire record in this matter, the Board finds withdrawal of the
charge is in the best interests of the parties and consistent with the purposes of HEERA.
Accordingly, the Board grants CUE's request to withdraw the charge with prejudice.
N
ORDER
The request by the Coalition of University Employees to withdraw the unfair practice
charge with prejudice in Case No. SF-CE-956-H is hereby GRANTED.
Chair Martinez and Member Huguenin joined in this Decision.
2
codified at California Code of Regulations, title 8,
section 31001 et seq.