Student unions have begun to file complaints in the wake of uprisings earlier this year demanding their universities cut their investment ties to Israel, saying that the ensuing disciplinary actions for students involved in the campus protests are ignoring their federally-protected rights.
The union at Columbia University representing teaching and research assistants filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in September, alleging that university officials were unlawfully denying workers their right to a union representative during conduct hearings following the pro-Palestine demonstrations. Other academic unions, including those at Cornell University and New York University, are ...
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