Duquesne U. Appeals Adjuncts Unionization Vote

Duquesne University adjunct faculty members may have to wait longer to hear results of their vote on whether to unionize and affiliate with the United Steelworkers, pending action on an appeal by the university that could invalidate the whole process. The regional office of the National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to tally the adjuncts’ mail ballots. But Robert Chester, director of the Pittsburgh office of the NLRB, said the ballots likely will be impounded pending a decision on Duquesne’s appeal to be exempted from NLRB jurisdiction on grounds of religious freedom. On May 25, 2012 Duquesne officials agreed to […]