By: Christopher W. Kelleher, Esq., Mary Kay Klimesh, Esq. & Jeffrey A. Berman, Esq.
Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Labor Relations Board issued three important decisions this week that will significantly impact private colleges and universities.
Student Assistants Eligible to Unionize
By a vote of 3 to 1, the Board held that college and…
By: Christopher W. Kelleher, Esq.
Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB ruled that students who work as teaching assistants at colleges and universities are “employees” under the NLRA and are thus permitted to engage in collective bargaining.
On August 23, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University, Case 02-RC-143012…
By: Ronald J. Kramer, Esq.
While everyone knew it was only going to be a matter of time, two new challenges to have been raised to the NLRB’s graduate assistant decision in Brown University, 342 NLRB 483 (2004). On February 20, 2015, Graduate Workers of Columbia-GWC and Student Employees at The New School,…
By: Joshua M. Henderson, Esq.
That is the question of the moment, it seems, as last week’s representation petition filed by Northwestern University football players–seeking to be represented by the College Athletes Players Association–has generated considerable public interest. (Northwestern RC petition) No doubt it also has created some consternation among private university…
By: Abigail Cahak
On December 11, 2013, graduate student assistants of New York University and the Polytechnic Institute of NYU became the only such unionized student assistants of a private university when they voted in favor of representation by two United Auto Worker locals.
The Long Road to Certification
The UAW’s efforts to represent NYU’s…
The National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) granted review today in a 3-1 vote of two cases – New York University, 356 NLRB No. 7 (2010) and Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Case 29-RC-12054 – which ask whether graduate student assistants are “employees” under Section 2(3) of the…
