Unionization In The Classroom: GW's Response To Organizing
Part-Time Faculty
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LETTER
TO PART-TIME FACULTY ABOUT HOME ADDRESSES (printer-friendly
version)
September 21, 2004
TO: Part-time Faculty Colleagues
FROM: Donald R. Lehman, Executive Vice President for Academic
Affairs
RE: Home Addresses
Dear
Colleague:
As
many of you know, Local 500 of the Service Employees International
Union is seeking to become the exclusive representative of part-time
faculty members at the University. Between October 4 and 19, there
will be an election, conducted by mail ballot, to determine whether
the Service Employees will be successful.
Part-time
faculty members are eligible to vote if they have taught during
two of the last four semesters, including this one. As a result
of your teaching responsibilities this semester, you are eligible
to vote in the election. The National Labor Relations Board oversees
such elections and maintains the confidentiality of your ballot.
We urge you to exercise your right to vote.
The
NLRB requires the employer to submit to it the names and addresses
of all eligible voters. The NLRB then provides this list to the
union. In compliance with the NLRB requirement, the University this
week submitted a list which included your name and home address.
Since submitting a preliminary voter eligibility list in May, we
have heard from some part-time faculty members who voiced concern
that the union has visited them at home, unannounced. The University
respects your privacy. We want you to know that we were required
to provide your name and address and to know that the union is permitted
to talk with you, but you are under no obligation to invite union
representatives into your home or to speak with them at any time.
If
you would like additional information about this issue and about
the upcoming election generally, please visit the Universitys
Web site at www.unionization.gwu.edu.
Best
regards,
Donald
R. Lehman
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
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