Chairman

Ed Meena

Vice Chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

Despite the clear, overwhelming voice of its faculty, Park Park management has no intention of allowing the union to negotiate a contract. Now, however, university officials have lost Round 4 and have been ordered yet again to begin bargaining. Instead, the school decides to file a court appeal.

Meanwhile, faculty leaders begin to wonder how much student activity fee money is actually going toward paying union-blocking legal fees, a bill that now stands at nearly a half-million dollars.

The NLRB on Feb. 17 found that Point Park was in violation of federal labor law and ordered the college administration to bargain with the Guild.

The college again refused to obey the federal order and instead appealed the decision to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington. Point Park has already submitted its brief, as has several groups that represent college administrators. The NLRB's brief is due in early September. The Guild is filing a joint brief with the AFL-CIO and the assistance of the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors and the National Education Association.

The NLRB ruling in February continues the Guild's series of victories since 67 fulltime Point Park faculty voted overwhelmingly to join the union last June. Unfortunately, the college administration has chosen to defy the law and refuses to bargain with the Guild.

After the most recent NLRB ruling, the Guild immediately renewed our request to begin bargaining with the college, which the college refused. Instead, the college and its hired legal gun, Arnold Perl of Memphis, filed a request with the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for a judicial review of the NLRB's ruling.

So, we wait. Meanwhile, Guild members are preparing mobilization strategies to get our message out to the students and community about the Point Park administration's decision for disobey federal law.

For more details...

March 10, 2005: School heads to U.S. District Court

Feb. 26, 2005: NLRB orders university to negotiate

Aug. 6, 2004: Point Park refuses to bargain

June 24, 2004: NLRB rejects Point Park appeal

April 29, 2004: NLRB ruling favors union

Feb. 20, 2004: Labor briefs filed

Feb . 13, 2004: Union brief deadline extended

Jan. 8, 2004: Grade inflation costly to Point Park teachers

American Association of University Professors: More on the Yeshiva ruling