Union Intimidation Tactics In California

The San Francisco Chronicle on a union called the California Faculty Association:

In October, CSU faculty union members unfurled a protest banner at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference in San Antonio, Texas, during Reed's appearance.

-- In November, union activists ringed the entrance to an eight-campus conference on criminal justice at Cal State Los Angeles with crime scene tape, distributing wanted posters of the chancellor, staging a mock arrest of him and posting a video of its protests online at YouTube.

-- Also in November, union members interrupted Reed's speech in San Francisco to several hundred school board members from around the state by chanting for nearly five minutes.

-- In February, union activists disrupted the chancellor's talk to hundreds of government and educational leaders at an invitation-only Hunt Institute conference in Raleigh, N.C., parading with a banner up and down the aisle.

Corrigan's comments drew a pointed response from the San Francisco State chapter of the faculty union, which is led by Linda Ellis, a museum studies professor. In an e-mail, the union said it has been trying to negotiate a new labor contract since 2005 and that CSU representatives walked out of contract talks in July.

Union vales mean coercion and intimidation.