University of California Office of the President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, August 25, 2005
Noel Van Nyhuis (510) 287-3356
noel.vannyhuis@ucop.edu

JUDGE CONTINUES INJUNCTION AGAINST NURSES UNION STRIKE

University of California officials announced today (Aug. 25) that at a hearing today in Sacramento, Superior Court Judge Loren E. McMaster has ordered the continuation of the temporary injunction he placed on the California Nurses Association, the union representing UC nurses, which prevented a nursing strike at the university on July 21. The judge will make a final decision on the matter by September 2, 2005.

Under the court’s continued order, the CNA may not conduct a strike until the conclusion of impasse proceedings including fact-finding. UC is in active negotiations with the union and impasse has not been declared. Negotiations are scheduled to resume on August 29.

The California Public Employment Relations Board recommended to the court that the strike injunction be continued on the basis that the CNA has failed to bargain in good faith with the university.

Additional information about these negotiations is available online at:

http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies/labor_relations/index.html