CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND SALINAS ELEMENTARY TEACHERS COUNCIL v. GOVER
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND SALINAS ELEMENTARY TEACHERS COUNCIL<br /> v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >CALIFORNIA</b><b<br /> > TEACHERS<br /> ASSOCIATION AND </b><b >SALINAS</b><b<br /> > ELEMENTARY<br /> TEACHERS COUNCIL v. GOVERNING BOARD OF THE </b><b<br /> >SALINAS</b><b<br /> > CITY<br /> ELEMENTARY </b><b >SCHOOL DISTRICT</b><b<br /> ></b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/14/10;<br /> pub. order 7/30/10<br /> (see end of opn.)<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SIXTH<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>CALIFORNIA<br /> TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND SALINAS<br /> ELEMENTARY TEACHERS COUNCIL et al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiffs and<br /> Appellants,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SALINAS<br /> CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL<br /> DISTRICT et al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Defendants and<br /> Respondents.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> H033788<br /> <br/> (Monterey<br /> County<br /> <br/> Super. Ct.<br /> No. M91905)<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiffs California Teachers Association (CTA) and the<br /> Salinas Elementary Teachers Council (SETC) (collectively, the unions) brought<br /> an action against defendants Governing Board of the Salinas<br /> City Elementary School<br /> District and the Salinas<br /> City Elementary School<br /> District (collectively, the District). The action alleged that the District's<br /> interpretation of the parties' collective<br /> bargaining agreement created teacher pay disparities in violation of<br /> Education Code section 45028,[1]<br /> and that contract language freezing advancement for some but not all teachers<br /> for the 2005-2006 school year created additional<br /> salary uniformity violations. The<br /> District demurred on the ground the court lacked jurisdiction because the<br /> unions had not adequately pleaded exhaustion of the administrative remedy<br /> specified in the collective bargaining agreement. The trial court sustained the demurrer without<br /> leave to amend and dismissed the action. <br /> <br /> <br/>On appeal, the unions claim the sustaining of the demurrer was<br /> error.[2] They contend that (1) â€