Earlier this month the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced that it had withdrawn its challenges to an NLRB representation election the union lost at a Chattanooga, Tennessee auto manufacturing plant. Despite access to the facility and its hourly employees, the absence of any anti-union campaign from management, and other alleged overt
The UAW Is Certified As The Representative Of Graduate Student Assistants–But Without An NLRB Ruling
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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…
Employers Shouldn’t Count On The Courts Of Appeals To Reverse The NLRB
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Decisions of the NLRB addressing unfair labor practice charges can be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. These days, with the NLRB being so heavily tilted against employers and seemingly making unprecedented and drastic changes in the law every day, some employers may be tempted to think, “Yes, but…