American University

Labor Union:Service Employees International Union, Local 500

Voting Unit (Unit A):All Doctoral and Masters students in American University departments employed at the University’s campus in Washington, D.C., who are working toward degrees offered by American University, and who are employed by American University and supervised by faculty to provide instructional or research services in undergraduate or graduate-level courses or labs, including, but not limited to Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Graduate Assistants, Laboratory Assistants, Teaching Apprentices, Dean’s Fellows, Instructors, Graders, Preceptors, Section Leaders, and Tutors; but excluding any full-time or regular part-time American University employees and faculty, students who are working in grant funded positions where the University does not control their wages, adjunct faculty who are included in the bargaining unit certified in NLRB Case Number 05-RC-070027, managers, guards and supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act. Those eligible to vote in the election are all students who fall within the definition of the appropriate unit described above who were employed by the University and enrolled in the University’s Spring 2017 semester.

Union to Certify:Service Employees International Union, Local 500