Adjuncts at Manhattan College, a Roman Catholic-affiliated institution in New York, are looking forward to a union election after a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board released a decision backing the instructors’ stance that a union would not threaten the college’s Catholic identity and that the labor board has jurisdiction. The decision against Manhattan College, closely watched by labor unions and religious organizations, cites various instances in which the college “is decidedly not holding itself out as a religious organization” to students, job applicants, and the public. In short, the decision says, the college is too secular to be outside the purview of the labor board.
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2 Responses to Adjuncts at Catholic College in N.Y. Get Go-Ahead for Union Vote
palaeologus - January 12, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Way to go! It’s disgraceful the way the administration tried to hide behind the “Catholic Identity” card in the 11th hour, when they appear to underplay that same identity in their everyday operations. So much for the Catholic Worker movement.
11182967 - May 25, 2012 at 8:58 am
Sometimes these sorts of spontaneous expressions of affection can get someone smack into trouble–google the adventures of another comedian Andy (Dick) in Huntington, WV.