Unionization In The Classroom: GW's Response To Organizing
Part-Time Faculty
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LETTER
FROM THE PRESIDENT (printer-friendly
version)
October 7, 2004
Dear Part-Time Faculty Members:
The
election to determine whether you and your part-time faculty colleagues
will be represented by Local 500 of the Service Employees International
Union is upon us. You have heard from academic administrators, among
them Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor
of Physics Don Lehman, about the University's position on unionization.
You may also have heard from the Service Employees' representatives
about their perspectives.
Now
it is time to vote. If you have already done so, thank you. If you
have not, please return your ballot as explained in the National
Labor Relations Board instructions you received. The outcome of
this election will be decided by a simple majority of those who
vote. If 100 people of the eligible pool vote and 51 vote no and
49 vote yes, that ballot will bind all who could have voted whether
they voted themselves or not.
In
this presidential election year, the right to vote has been widely
discussed and I know I need not reiterate its importance here. I
will close simply by reminding you that this election will have
implications for all GW part-time faculty members and by asking
you to ensure that you play a part in determining what those implications
will be by returning your ballot by October 19.
Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Stephen
Joel Trachtenberg
President
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