Section 5-E600. GENERAL POLICY ON LABOR RELATIONS

 

600.1To promote and maintain effective employee relations in the D.C. Public Schools and to ensure the efficient, orderly, and uninterrupted operation of the school system, the Board of Education shall adopt the rules and procedures set forth in this chapter with respect to employee representation for purposes of collective bargaining.

 

600.2The Board of Education recognizes that the employees of the public schools have the following rights with respect to organization and collective bargaining:

 

(a)The right to self-organization;

 

(b)The right to join, organize, affiliate with, or assist labor organizations, as defined in § 602;

 

(c)The right to bargain collectively through a representative of their own choosing; and

 

(d)The right to refrain from any or all of the activities of §§ 600.2(a-c), except to the extent that a right may be affected by a lawful agreement providing for union security.

 

600.3An employee may, by his or her own choice, join or refrain from joining any labor organization with complete freedom from coercion, restraint, or discrimination.

 

600.4No action shall be taken by any officer or employee of the Board of Education that would have the effect of extending or curtailing rights, privileges, benefits, or immunities pertaining to employment in the D.C. Public Schools on the grounds of membership or non-membership in any labor organization.

 

600.5Any employee or group of employees shall have the right to present any grievance to management and to have the grievance adjusted without the intervention of the exclusive representative so long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that is in effect at the time the adjustment is made; provided, that the exclusive representative shall have been given the opportunity to be present at meetings with school officials about that adjustment.

 

600.6No official or employee of the Board of Education shall deny or interfere with the rights of employees to petition the Board of Education, the Council of the District of Columbia, or the Congress of the United States, either individually or collectively.

 

600.7No labor organization shall be certified or shall retain its certification status under this chapter if it has any policy of discrimination or engages in discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, handicapping condition, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited under the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 2 of An Act approved June 20, 1906, 34 Stat. 317, ch.3446, D.C. Official Code § 38-102 (2001).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 24 DCR 6446 (February 3, 1978).