Law Faculty Union Supporters Say Their $666 Raises Were Intended To Brand Them As the Antichrist

An Unfair Labor Practice Charge (full text of complaint) has been filed with the State of Ohio Employment Relations Board by the Cleveland State University AAUP which represents the University's law school faculty. As reported by TaxProf Blog on Oct. 29, the complaint (originally filed in August) charges that the law school dean retaliated against nearly all faculty who assisted with union organizing efforts by giving them merit raises of either $0 or only $666.  In a memo, one of the union organizers charged:

[The $666 figure] is a universally understood symbol of the Antichrist or Devil -- one of our culture's most violent religious images. Implicitly, but unmistakably and obviously intentionally, [the Dean] used his powers to set faculty salaries as an occasion to brand his perceived opponents as the Antichrist.

The University says that the $666 figure was the result of mathematical division, not of anti-union animus.  [Corrected as to filing date.]  [Thanks to Joe Slater via Facebook for the lead.] 

UPDATE: The University has released its Oct.8 response (full text) to the AAUP charges, and the AAUP on Oct. 31 issued a press release in reply.