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Updated:
Jan. 19, 2005
During
the week of January 10, there was a four-day hearing held
by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the National Labor
Relations Board. More than 20 witnesses presented testimony
and more than 40 exhibits were admitted into evidence. At
the conclusion of the hearing, the ALJ invited both parties
to file briefs and set the due date at February 10. Upon review
of the testimony at the hearing, the documents placed into
evidence, and the parties’ briefs, the ALJ will then
make a recommendation as to the status of the remaining contested
challenges. The parties will have an opportunity to file exceptions
to those recommendations, and the entire record will be forwarded
to the National Labor Relations Board for its determination
on which of the challenged ballots should be opened. Thereafter,
a re-tally of the ballots will be conducted.
The
University's position has consistently been that the votes
of all part-time faculty employed by GW who meet the eligibility
criteria should count, but regretfully, the Service Employees
International Union (Service Employees) chose to challenge
the ballots of dozens of eligible voters. The University worked
in good faith to resolve these challenges and eventually the
Service Employees withdrew its challenges to all but 15 of
the 50 ballots it initially challenged. Because the Service
Employees refused to withdraw its challenges to the remaining
15 ballots, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor
Relations Board conducted this week’s hearing.
The
four-day hearing included testimony from many of the part-time
faculty members whose ballots the union challenged.
The
University regrets that this hearing was necessary, but believes
strongly that the ballots filed by eligible part-time faculty
should be counted.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
•
Update
on Status of Union Election (Dec. 22, 2004)
•
Post-Election
News
•
Letter
from the President (Oct. 7, 2004)
•
Letter
and Sample Ballot to Part-Time Faculty (Sept. 29, 2004)
•
Letter
to Part-Tme Faculty About Home Addresses (Sept. 21, 2004)
•
Question
& Answer Session With Executive Vice President Donald
R. Lehman (Sept. 21, 2004)
•
Letter to the University Community from Executive Vice President
for Academic Affairs Donald R. Lehman (August 31, 2004)
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Events
That Led to the Direction of an Election on Whether Part-Time
Faculty Should be Represented by Local 500 Service Employees
International Union (May 14, 2004)
•
Memorandum
to All Part-Time Faculty, Re: Union Election to
be Held in October 2004 (May 12, 2004)
•
University
Statement Regarding Part-Time Faculty Representation Election
(May 4, 2004)
•
A
Memo from Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald
R. Lehman to the Deans (March 17, 2004)
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