NYU and the UAW have reached an agreement to pave the way for an election among covered graduate students at NYU and NYU-Poly to determine whether the graduate students will be represented as a bargaining unit by the UAW.
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Lack of a Definition for Full-Time Employees in CBA Spells Trouble for Hospital
A Michigan district court recently granted a union’s summary judgment motion to enforce an arbitrator’s decision that struck down the hospital’s new method of scheduling nurses’ shifts. In enforcing the arbitrator’s decision, the court relied on the fact that the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) at issue did not set forth a clear definition of what constitutes full-time employment, underscoring the importance of CBA language.