PSC (University of New York's Research Foundation) wins in NLRB vote

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New York Teacher - October 15, 2007


A four-year battle to become a unionized workplace has ended successfully for workers at the City University of New York's Research Foundation.

Foundation workers at CUNY's Graduate Center voted overwhelmingly in a National Labor Relations Board election to join the Professional Staff Congress, NYSUT's affiliate at CUNY.

"The PSC will be proud to represent them," said union president Barbara Bowen after ballots were counted Oct. 4 in the NLRB election.

Bowen vowed that bargaining for a contract for the employees would begin as soon as possible.

The victory caps a long struggle with Research Foundation management, which filed repeated legal and procedural challenges, first to the workers' efforts to hold an election and then to have the votes counted.

"The CUNY Research Foundation did everything under the sun to prevent their employees' voices from being heard," Bowen said. "That just shows you why they need a union."

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