Social Workers' Union, Local 535 v. Alameda County Welfare Department

11 Cal.3d 382 (1974)

521 P.2d 453

113 Cal. Rptr. 461

SOCIAL WORKERS' UNION, LOCAL 535, SEIU, AFL-CIO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

ALAMEDA COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Docket No. S.F. 23015.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 30, 1974.

COUNSEL

Levy & Van Bourg, Victor J. Van Bourg and Stewart Weinberg for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Richard J. Moore, County Counsel, and Douglas Hickling, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In this case we must determine whether a public employee may be disciplined for declining to…