George Washington University Hopes to Reverse NLRB Ruling on Part-Time Professors’ Union

The National Labor Relations Board upheld the adjunct and part-time professors’ union in a unanimous decision Dec. 28. However, the University has now filed a petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. for a review of the NLRB’s decision, prolonging again the recognition of a union. “It’s painfully clear–they don’t really care about process; all they want to do is stall this as long as they can,” said Kip Lornell, an adjunct faculty member of the music department and unionization effort leader. The NLRB first filed the complaint in July 2005 after GW failed to recognize the results […]