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Proposed Campus Open Letter JMC Faculty/Staff Info
Draft #1 circulated by e-mail Wednesday, April 21st. Blog comments by everyone

Breaking News!

SJSU Campus Protest
Thursday, April 29th 11:30 am
Amphitheatre, Student Union

Below: Information from Steve Sloan:

I have written a commentary regarding the layoffs and submitted a letter to the editor on
the subject.
It's on the Web so I have no problem with this being shared:

http://myunion.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/about-the-layoff-procedure/

Good luck in your endeavors.

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You may want to work through the Academic Senate too on this. Not only is it unlikely that the
university can consult with anybody else but the staff union on layoffs, it is also illegal.
I am referencing the Higher Education Employee-Employer Relations Act (HEERA) which says:

It shall be unlawful for the higher education employer to... Consult with any academic,
professional, or staff advisory group on any matter within the scope of representation for employees
who are represented by an exclusive representative... For the purposes of this subdivision, the term “academic” shall not be deemed to include the academic senates.

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How Staff File Discrimination Complaints

This is how employees file complaints alleging they were either discriminated against or harassed on the basis of a protected status or they were retaliated against for raising a discrimination/harassment claim,
filing a discrimination/harassment complaint or participating in a discrimination/harassment investigation.

Article 25.1 of our union contract says, “The CSU prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical disability, mental disability,
veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition and/or national origin.”

But this section of the contract is not grievable, Article 25.2 says, “An employee, who alleges
discrimination in violation of a CSU systemwide non-discrimination or anti-harassment policy, shall file
his/her complaint under the procedure described in Executive Order 928, or in any superseding
executive order, if applicable. An employee may, at any time, file a complaint regarding the same
incident with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and/or the Department of Fair
Employment and Housing.”

Executive Order 928 <<– Click on this link to view Executive Order 928

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