20.10 - PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
20.10 PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
1. It shall be a prohibited practice for any public employer,
public employee or employee organization to willfully refuse to
negotiate in good faith with respect to the scope of negotiations as
defined in section 20.9.
2. It shall be a prohibited practice for a public employer or the
employer's designated representative willfully to:
a. Interfere with, restrain or coerce public employees in the
exercise of rights granted by this chapter.
b. Dominate or interfere in the administration of any
employee organization.
c. Encourage or discourage membership in any employee
organization, committee or association by discrimination in hiring,
tenure, or other terms or conditions of employment.
d. Discharge or discriminate against a public employee
because the employee has filed an affidavit, petition or complaint or
given any information or testimony under this chapter, or because the
employee has formed, joined or chosen to be represented by any
employee organization.
e. Refuse to negotiate collectively with representatives of
certified employee organizations as required in this chapter.
f. Deny the rights accompanying certification or exclusive
recognition granted in this chapter.
g. Refuse to participate in good faith in any agreed upon
impasse procedures or those set forth in this chapter.
h. Engage in a lockout.
3. It shall be a prohibited practice for public employees or an
employee organization or for any person, union or organization or
their agents willfully to:
a. Interfere with, restrain, coerce or harass any public
employee with respect to any of the employee's rights under this
chapter or in order to prevent or discourage the employee's exercise
of any such right, including, without limitation, all rights under
section 20.8.
b. Interfere, restrain, or coerce a public employer with
respect to rights granted in this chapter or with respect to
selecting a representative for the purposes of negotiating
collectively on the adjustment of grievances.
c. Refuse to bargain collectively with a public employer as
required in this chapter.
d. Refuse to participate in good faith in any agreed upon
impasse procedures or those set forth in this chapter.
e. Violate section 20.12.
f. Violate the provisions of sections 732.1 to 732.3, which
are hereby made applicable to public employers, public employees and
public employee organizations.
g. Picket in a manner which interferes with ingress and
egress to the facilities of the public employer.
h. Engage in, initiate, sponsor or support any picketing that
is performed in support of a strike, work stoppage, boycott or
slowdown against a public employer.
i. Picket for any unlawful purpose.
4. The expressing of any views, argument or opinion, or the
dissemination thereof, whether in written, printed, graphic, or
visual form, shall not constitute or be evidence of any unfair labor
practice under any of the provisions of this chapter, if such
expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of
benefit. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 20.10]
Referred to in § 20.11, 279.19