{"id":1747,"date":"2016-12-19T19:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2016-12-19T19:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:03:52","slug":"meeting-today-and-more-on-university-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/2016\/12\/19\/meeting-today-and-more-on-university-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"meeting today and more on University objections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meeting Reminder<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease attend today\u2019s meeting at 4pm, in Schermerhorn 754. We will be discussing further next steps on our upcoming bargaining committee elections as well as some actions to take in response to the University\u2019s objections with the NLRB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on University objections<\/strong><br \/>\nWe now have a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Objections-to-Election-in-Case-No.-02-RC-143012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the objections filed by the University\u2019s lawyers attempting to overturn the results of our NLRB election<\/a>. Employers often file objections as a delay tactic and this appears to be just another baseless effort by the University to ignore the democratic process, especially given the overwhelming margin in favor of the union.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the University&#8217;s argument requires that all of the challenged ballots\u2014from individuals the University itself left off of its eligibility list\u2014voted against unionization, which, again, is an extremely unlikely scenario given the unusually large yes vote among eligible voters. Our legal team will be looking into the University\u2019s claims and we will keep you updated on next steps with the NLRB. We are confident that the NLRB will uphold the clear mandate from our historic vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting Reminder Please attend today\u2019s meeting at 4pm, in Schermerhorn 754. We will be discussing further next steps on our upcoming bargaining committee elections as well as some actions to take in response to the University\u2019s objections with the NLRB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,13,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbiagradunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}