DC 37, L. 1087, 11 OCB2d 41 (BCB 2018)
The Union alleged that the NYPD violated NYCCBL § 12- 306(a)(1) when a NYPD supervisor directed a unit member not to speak to his shop steward and attempted to physically prevent him from doing so, threatened to change a unit member’s shift because he called the Union and stated that seeking the Union’s assistance would be futile, and initially refused to permit a Union representative to meet with unit members. The City argued that the Union did not establish that the supervisor engaged in activity that was inherently destructive of employee rights under NYCCBL § 12-305. The Board found that the supervisor’s conduct in two of the alleged incidents constituted violations of NYCCBL § 12- 306(a)(1), but that the third incident did not rise to the level of inherently destructive conduct. Accordingly, the petition was granted in part and denied in part.