GEORGE WASHINGTON (GW) University officials will face the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a federal hearing this fall, after administrators this summer refused to recognize a part-time faculty union on campus.

On July 29, the NLRB filed a complaint against GW on the grounds of unfair labor practices on behalf of part-time professors who narrowly voted to form a union last October. Representatives of the Service Employees International Union Local 500, of which the part-time professors union would be a part, said the board sought a preliminary judgment from the court before the Oct. 31 hearing took place.

“Normally (the NLRB) doesn’t do that unless it’s a pretty solid case,” said Lewie Anderson, director of the SEIU Local 500 representation programs department. “I don’t think for one minute that the University has a legitimate case (to present at the hearing).”

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