State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2001-023

  DATE:
  June 13, 2001

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Labor Relations Division

  SUBJECT:
  Bulletin Boards - Supervisory and Excluded Organizations

  CONTACT:
  Franklin C. Marr, Labor Relations Officer
  (916) 324-0504, CALNET 454-0504
  FAX: (916) 322-0765
   
  Email: FrankMarr@dpa.ca.gov


  The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) has 
  recently received a number of inquiries requesting 
  direction on the use of bulletin boards by supervisory and 
  excluded employee organizations.  (The use of bulletin 
  boards by rank and file employee unions is defined by the 
  collective bargaining agreements.) 
  The following guidelines should be employed with respect to 
  the use of bulletin boards by supervisory and excluded 
  employee organizations.
  
  1.  DPA encourages State agencies and facilities to make 
  bulletin board space available for use by registered 
  supervisory and excluded organizations.  (A list of 
  registered organizations is attached.)  This guideline, 
  however, should not be interpreted to be a mandate for 
  agencies to purchase or install new or additional bulletin 
  boards upon request of an organization. The employing 
  agency or facility should use its own discretion with 
  respect to the reasonable number, size, style and location 
  of supervisory and excluded organization bulletin boards.
  
  2.  The State maintains strict neutrality in its treatment 
  of registered supervisory and excluded employee 
  organizations.  Registered supervisory and excluded 
  employee organizations must have equal access to bulletin 
  boards.  No individual supervisory or excluded organization 
  should be provided exclusive use of a bulletin board, even 
  if the organization is willing to purchase the bulletin 
  board and/or pay for its installation.
  
  3.  The purpose of bulletin boards is information sharing.  
  Appropriate materials for posting include, but are not 
  limited to, announcements of coming events, membership 
  information, organization news and newsletters, and 
  information on benefits offered through the employee 
  organization.  No libelous, obscene, or defamatory 
  materials or materials of a partisan political nature are 
  to be posted.  (This includes materials that are 
  disrespectful or defamatory toward other recognized 
  employee organizations, their officers, or membership.)  
  Approval of materials for posting is subject to procedures 
  of individual facilities.  Facility management shall remove 
  any materials found inappropriate for posting.  Serious or 
  repeated posting violations provide cause for rescinding an 
  individual organization's ability to use the bulletin board 
  or removing the bulletin board entirely.
  
  If you have any questions regarding this PML please call me 
  at (916) 324-0504.
  
  
  
  Franklin C. Marr
  Labor Relations Officer
  Supervisory and Excluded Programs
  
  
  
  Registered Supervisory / Excluded Employee 
  Organizations
  Approved for FY 2000-01
  
  
  NOTE:  Organizations with the designation 
  "(Supervisors)" have separate organizational 
  components that include rank and file employees.  
  ONLY materials that are from the supervisory/excluded 
  divisions of these organizations and that are clearly 
  specific to supervisory or excluded employee issues 
  should be permitted on supervisory and excluded 
  bulletin boards. 
  
  
  Association of California State Attorneys and 
  Administrative Law Judges (CASE)  (Supervisors)
  
  Association of California State Supervisors (ACSS)
  
  Association of Supervising Special Investigators 
  (ASSI)
  
  California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP) 
  (Supervisors)
  
  California Association of Managers and Supervisors 
  (CAMS)
  
  California Association of Professional Scientists 
  (CAPS) (Supervisors)
  
  California Correctional Peace Officers Association 
  (CCPOA)  (Supervisors)
  
  California Correctional Supervisors Organization, 
  Inc. (CCSO)
  
  California Fish and Game Warden Supervisors and 
  Managers Association (CFWGSMA) 
  
  California State Supervisory Peace Officers 
  Association (CSPOA)
  
  CDF Firefighters (CDFF)  (Supervisors)
  
  Coalition of Communications Supervisors (CCS)
  
  Corrections Ancillary Staff Supervisors Organization 
  (CASSO)
  
  Department of Transportation Supervisors (DOTS)
  
  Motor Carrier Supervisors' Benefits Committee (MCSBC)
  
  Motor Vehicle Managers and Supervisor's Association 
  (MVMSA)
  
  Professional Engineers in California State Government 
  (PECG) (Supervisors)
  
  State Park Peace Officers Association of California 
  (SSPOA) (Supervisors)
  
  Union of PERB Employees (UPE)