OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SYLVIA J. JOHNSON, Individually and as Chief Probation Officer, etc. , et al. , Defendants and Appellants. OPINION POLLAK, J. - Plaintiffs Bonita Vinson and her bargaining representative, Operating Engineers Local 3, affiliated with the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO (Local 3) brought this action against Sylvia J. Johnson, individually and in her capacity as the Chief Probation Officer of the County of Alameda, and the County of Alameda. In 1997, Johnson selected Vinson to supervise a new girls' juvenile program entitled "RYSE," an acronym for Reaffirming Young Sisters' Excellence. Starting in early 1998, Vinson had conversations with Johnson in which she stated she was working beyond the scope of the unit supervisor classification, and indicated her interest in a reclassification, which Johnson discouraged. That Johnson be directed to issue an apology, in writing, to Vinson for these wrongful acts; [P] 4.

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