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Labor-Relations Board Seeks Input on Faculty Unions at Private Colleges

Posted on May 29, 2012 by | Comments Off on Labor-Relations Board Seeks Input on Faculty Unions at Private Colleges

Labor-Relations Board Seeks Input on Faculty Unions at Private Colleges

The National Labor Relations Board is soliciting legal briefs on the question of whether or not faculty members at private colleges should be considered managers, a distinction that determines whether they are eligible for union representation.

Since a 1980 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University, professors at private colleges have been typically classified as managers and, therefore, largely barred from forming unions. In asking for the briefs in its announcement this week, the NLRB said it was seeking help in responding to a case involving Point Park University, a private institution in Pittsburgh where faculty members petitioned for a union election and voted, in 2003, to be represented by a local chapter of the Communications Workers of America.

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NLRB Proposes Speeding Up Unionization Votes at Private Colleges

Posted on June 21, 2011 by | Comments Off on NLRB Proposes Speeding Up Unionization Votes at Private Colleges

The Chronicle: NLRB Proposes Speeding Up Unionization Votes at Private Colleges

Employees of private colleges would find it easier to vote on forming unions under rules changes proposed by the National Labor Relations Board and scheduled for publication in Wednesday’s Federal Register. Among other changes, the proposals would allow for the electronic filing of election petitions, establish standardized time frames for the resolution or litigation of election-related disputes, defer litigation over most voter-eligibility issues until after elections, and consolidate all election-related appeals to the board into a single post-election appeals process, according to an NLRB news release. The proposed revisions are expected to meet opposition from many private-sector employers that fall under the board’s purview and have complained that speeding up elections would leave them too little time to mount effective anti-unionization campaigns and would otherwise stack the deck against them.

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Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Posted on May 6, 2009 by | Comments Off on Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Inside Higher Ed: Not So Warm Welcome for New York Private College Chief

Last month, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York named Laura L. Anglin — New York State’s budget director — as its next president. Anglin takes office in July at CICU, which has historically been an influential player in Albany with work on behalf of the state’s private colleges. On Monday, the Student Assembly of the State University of New York offered a welcome of sorts to Anglin — in the form of an ethics complaint filed with the state public integrity division. The SUNY student group argues that holding the job of budget director while interviewing for the CICU job was a conflict of interest because the state has programs that assist private colleges and their students. Anglin, in a statement, responded: “The complaint filed by the Student Assembly of the State University of New York has no basis in fact. As a public servant for many years, I am clearly aware of my responsibilities under the state ethics laws. Throughout the budget process, I took the utmost precautions to ensure that I had met the requirements of the public officers law, both in spirit and in letter.”

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