Oregon University System v. Oregon Public Employees Union

Petitioner Oregon Public Employees Union (OPEU), the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit of classified staff employed by the Oregon University System (OUS), seeks judicial review of an order on reconsideration of the Employment Relations Board (ERB), in which ERB concluded that OPEU had committed an unfair labor practice under ORS 243.672(2)(d). Specifically, OPEU assigns error to ERB’s conclusion that OPEU breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA) when its staff sent e-mail to OUS employees at work. OUS cross-assigns…