Saint Leo University draws challenge after sidestepping faculty union
Six months after the school decided not to recognize the union, charges are filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Students walk in front of Saint Leo Abbey on the campus of Pasco County s Saint Leo University, where faculty members are challenging the school s decision to no longer recognize their union. [ Times (2007) ]
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When faculty at Saint Leo University heard through an email last October that the union representing them for the last 44 years would no longer be recognized, they were stunned.
In the months since then, union leaders have held news conferences with statewide faculty unions, created an online petition and appealed to clergy members on the Saint Leo board of trustees.
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St. Leo U. moves forward with disbanding union amid faculty, Catholic pushback
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Pasco County’s Catholic St. Leo University is moving full-speed ahead with plans to replace its 44-year-old faculty union and senate with a new “shared governance system.”
Faculty members, state unions and even Catholic organizations are asking the school to pull back before it’s too late.
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Valerie Wright has been president of the United Faculty of Florida-Saint Leo Chapter for three years. She might also be the organization’s last. Wright said UFF is giving the Board of Trustees time to reverse its decision, but isn’t hopeful.