The Service Employees International Union has withdrawn its petition to represent Duke University graduate students after election results were inconclusive.
Ballots from the Feb. 24 election showed 691 were against union representation, 398 were in favor and 502 ballots were inconclusive. Because the number of challenged ballots is enough to change the results of the election, the next step would be a National Labor Relations Board review and hearings to investigate the ballots.
Instead of going through a long review process, the Duke graduate student organizing committee decided to withdraw the petition, an SEIU representative told Bloomberg BNA March 8. ...
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