GA Issues

On Monday, July 23, 2012, NYU filed the following brief with the National Labor Relations Board in response to a petition by the UAW. The brief presents the University’s case for why the Board should continue to uphold its decision in the Brown case, which held that graduate assistants (GAs) are not employees and, thus, are not eligible to bargain collectively.

Amicus briefs were filed separately by Brown University and by a group of higher education organizations that included the American Council on Education, the Association of American Universities, and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, among others.

Documents & Statements

• Reply Brief of New York University | August 6, 2012 (PDF)
• Reply Brief of Polytechnic Institute of New York University | August 6, 2012 (PDF)
  
• Statement by NYU Spokesman on NLRB's Decision on June 22 to Review GA Unionization Once Again | July 23, 2012
  
• NYU NRLB Brief Submission | July 23, 2012 (PDF)
• NYU-Poly NRLB Brief Submission | July 23, 2012 (PDF) 
• Amicus Brief Submission by Brown University | July 23, 2012 (PDF)
• Amicus Brief Submission by ACE | July 23, 2012 (PDF)
• Amicus Brief Submission by the National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation | July 23, 2012 (PDF)
• Amicus Brief Submission by Higher Education Council of the Employment Law Alliance | July 2012 (PDF)