University of Chicago, NLRB Case No 13-RC-198325
AAUP-AFT was certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on October 27, 2017 to represent the Graduate Student Employees (GSE) bargaining unit of 2,457 at the University of Chicago. Unless there is a negative final resolution of the University of Chicago's Request for Review pending before the newly constituted National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), it is highly unlikely that collective bargaining will begin. In its request, the university seeks to overturn the decision in Columbia University case, 364 NLRB No. 90 (2016), which determines that graduate students are employees of a private university. The University of Chicago also challenges the Regional Director's decision to direct an election.
The GSE bargaining unit at the University of Chicago includes all graduate students who are full-time and regular part-time teaching assistants, research assistants, course assistants, workshop coordinators, writing interns, preceptors, language assistants, instructors, lecturers, lectors, and teaching interns in the School of Divinity, School of Social Services Administration, Division of Social Sciences, Division of Humanities, Division of Biological Sciences, and Division of Physical Sciences employed by the Employer at its campus in Chicago, Illinois. All other employees, managerial employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act are excluded.
University of Chicago, NLRB Case No 13-RC-198325
EF 11/28/2017