May 27, 2005

Wisconsin College Argues Union Would Infringe on Its Religious Freedom

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Whenever professors at private colleges begin an organizing drive, one legal question dominates the discussion: Can they clear the hurdle established by NLRB vs. Yeshiva University, a 25-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that has effectively barred professors at private colleges from being represented by unions?

The court ruled in 1980 that professors at Yeshiva University were managers and therefore not covered by federal labor law. As a result, private-college professors trying to

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