Picketers' Responsibilities at UC Davis

Make Your Meetings More Active

  • Include items on your meeting agenda that require participants to get out of their seats (breakout groups, stand and write ideas on an easel).
  • Choose movement friendly meeting locations (walkable neighborhoods, on-site gym, nearby park).
  • Hire a professional instructor (pilates, yoga, tai chi, stretching, Zumba) to lead a class before or during the meeting.
  • Point out the stairs and encourage attendees to use them. Consider including the location of stairs in meeting directions or putting arrows to the stairs in front of elevators.
  • Organize a group walk early in the morning, during a break or before/after dinner.
  • Consider incorporating standing ovations after each speaker to encourage participants to stand and stretch.

Standing Breaks

  • At least once an hour, participants should be encouraged to stand up to improve blood circulation, boost metabolism, and relieve physical discomfort from sitting for prolonged periods of time.
  • Announce that it is fine to stand up and move around, as needed. If possible, provide raised tables for those electing to stand during the meeting.

Stretch Breaks

  • Stretch breaks help participants wake up their bodies and minds.
  • Encourage people to stand up and stretch in place.
  • Try playing a Healthy UC Davis WakeBreak video! These instructor-led stretch videos range from 4 to 15 minutes. 

Breathing Exercise

  • Focused breathing is an energizing activity that can help relax and clear your mind. Simply inhale for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, and exhale for eight seconds.

Suggested Activity Agendas

LENGTH OF MEETINGSTANDING BREAKSTRETCH BREAKSBREATHING BREAKSMOVEMENT BREAKSWALKING BREAKS
50 - 60 minx x  
2 - 4 hoursxxxx 
All Dayxxxxx

The university recognizes your right to picket. However, the existence of a labor dispute does not license you to violate the campus' access regulations. 

To that end, you are expected to comply with the following:

  1. A permit must be obtained before amplified sound may be used.
  2. Picketing must be peacefully conducted.
  3. Picket lines shall form on sidewalks and in areas consistent with the campus' access regulations.
  4. Pickets must keep moving and shall not become unruly.
  5. People working in, or having business with the institution have the right to pass freely and to enter the institution without being impeded, stopped, or threatened.
  6. Pickets must not impede vehicular traffic into the institution, or along the campus perimeter.
  7. Any individual not involved in picketing, who does not wish to talk to pickets, is not required to do so and may pass freely without being stopped, impeded, intimidated, threatened or coerced.

REFER TO THE FOLLOWING UNIVERSITY POLICIES

Reference UCD Policy & Procedure Manual (PPM) 380-21 Employee Organization Access Regulations

  • Section IV.  Employee Organization Access to Areas in Which Employees Work
  • Section V. Use of University Facilities

Reference UCD PPM 310-25 Distribution of Information and Literature

  • Section III. Procedures - A. Outdoor Distribution
  • Section III. Procedures - B. Indoor Distribution

NOTE:  Tables are available for use by reservation through the Custodial Division of Physical Plan (2-1831).  Fees may be charged for handling and setup.

Reference UCD PPM 270-20 Use and Reservation of University Properties/Event Arrangements

  • Section IV. Reservation of University Properties
    • The Main Quad, MU Patio, Aggie Stadium, Schaal Aquatics Center, RMI Good Life Garden, Recreation Pool, Alpha Phi Picnic Grounds on Levee Road, Recreation Fields, and Arboretum Spaces (including the Gazebo) are reserved through Conference & Event Services (CES).
    • An amplified sound permit must be obtained from CES before amplified sound may be used at outdoor events, or at indoor events when the space does not have sound equipment (i.e., lobbies, entrances, stairways).

If you have any questions regarding the above, please call the Campus Employee and Labor Relations Office at 530-754‑8892.  Click here to print a PDF copy of this information.