State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2002-017

  DATE:
  March 18, 2002

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Labor Relations Division

  SUBJECT:
  First Quarterly Labor Relations Half-Day Training Session

  CONTACT:
  Wayne Heine, Assistant Chief of Labor Relations 
  (916) 324-0476
  FAX: (916) 322-0765
   
  Email: WayneHeine@dpa.ca.gov


  The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA), in 
  conjunction with the Labor Relations Forum, is sponsoring 
  its First Quarterly Labor Relations Half-Day Training 
  Session on April 19, 2002, from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.  The 
  training is scheduled at the UCD Extension Sutter Square 
  Galleria located at 2901 K Street, Sacramento, Room A-B.  
  This training is free to all State Labor Relations Officers 
  and Employee Relations Officers.  Participation for this 
  training is limited to 100, so please send the name, job 
  title, email address, and phone number of staff attending 
  to: Veronica Vargas at veronica.vargas@dot.ca.gov so we can 
  get a count of how many people will attend.  Because there 
  are no formal reservations, plan to arrive early.  Late 
  arrivals may not be admitted due to crowding concerns.
  
  This training will introduce several labor relations 
  situations to a panel consisting of a DPA Labor Relations 
  Officer, a union business agent, and a Public Employment 
  Relations Board (PERB) Administrative Law Judge.  After 
  each situation is introduced, the panel members will 
  discuss their perspectives on the issues, the process, and 
  resolution(s) to the various situations.  There will also 
  be discussions on how the situation may have been avoided 
  in the first place, and PERB will provide insights from 
  past rulings on similar situations as appropriate and 
  available.  The issues will focus on bargaining situations 
  that could lead to unfair labor practice charges, failed 
  negotiations, compromised union-labor relations, etc.
  
  We believe this will be a valuable session for Labor 
  Relations staff to attend and hope to continue similar 
  sessions throughout the year. 
  
  The panel members are Ron Blubaugh, PERB; Wayne Heine, DPA; 
  and Ken Murch, California Association of Psychiatric 
  Technicians.
  
  Please direct any questions you may have to Veronica 
  Vargas, Department of Transportation, Office of Labor 
  Relations, at (916) 227-2329 or Wayne Heine, Assistant 
  Chief, DPA Labor Relations, at (916) 324-0476.
  
  
  
  
  Gloria Moore Andrews
  Chief of Labor Relations