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Boston University's (B.U.) chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) filed unfair labor practice charges against the B.U. administration with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Wednesday...
...recent U.S. District Court order required B.U. to recognize the 300-member bargaining unit, the union spokesman said. The NLRB will conduct independent investigations of both sides as a result of the charges, he added...
Another issue centered on the so-called St. John's rule, a case decided by the NLRB which stated that in other than immediate patient care areas, the hospitals should allow union solicitation and distribution of literature. However, as the Tenth Circuit Appeals Court of St. Louis reversed this NLRB decision, the hospital challenged the Board's rationale...
...Supreme Court decision concurred on most counts with the union. The decision was unanimous, but two justices voiced stronger opinions directed at the importance of union organizing. Justices Blackmun, Burger and Powell agreed with the NLRB opinion in this specific case, but objected to the reasoning behind the other Justices' opinion. Justice Brennan states in the majority opinion, "Freedom of employees effectively to communicate with one another regarding self-organization on the job is essential." In his opinion, Brennan says that the Board's decision was consistent with the Congressional intent of the legislation, for Congress did not specifically make...
...bleak at best. Shea says Local 880 will concentrate its organizing efforts on non-Harvard local hospitals, such as St. Elizabeth's in Brighton. Chandler, for his part, says he expects other legal decisions in the future to corroborate Beth Israel's view that hospitals merit special consideration from NLRB because their primary function is non-profit patient care...