GW still not Union

SEIU has their say in my email. Will the Hatchet ever talk to them?

GWU DENIES DEMOCRACY: Representatives of SEIU Local 500 are condemning the refusal by George Washington University to recognize the new union of adjunct faculty. A majority of the nearly 700 part-time GWU faculty, including adjunct professors, voted for SEIU 500 in a secret ballot election last October that was certified by the National Labor Relations Board on June 10. On June 29, GWU informed SEIU 500 that the university, based on an arcane and legalistic argument, would neither recognize nor negotiate with the union. Calling GWU’s action “unconscionable and undemocratic,” Christopher Lornell, a GWU adjunct professor and union supporter said “It’s a blatant attempt by the University to interfere with the legal rights of employees to be represented by a union of our choosing. Our vote was a decision that was arrived at by a democratic vote in a government supervised election.” Added SEIU 500’s Lewie Anderson, “If George Washington University thinks they can flaunt the law and trample on the democratic rights of their employees then they are sadly mistaken.” The union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB against George Washington University. SEIU 500 represents 10,000 members in Montgomery County, Baltimore, Howard County, Washington, DC, and Anne Arundel County. Its members work in education, public service, and community services.

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