"The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that religious colleges are not under the purview of federal labor laws and need not recognize unions. Many religious colleges have chosen to do so voluntarily anyway. But in recent years, several educational institutions - now including Loyola Marymount - have claimed the religious exemption suddenly and without warning, effectively using it to shut down established faculty unions that they had previously recognized."
"Loyola Marymount's announcement has sparked protest and drawn allegations of union-busting from faculty members as well as leaders of Service Employees International Union Local 721, the labor group that represents them. Unionized employees have accused the university of aligning with Trump administration efforts "to stomp out the labor movement," and plan to file an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB."
After 10 months of negotiations, Loyola Marymount University announced that it would no longer recognize its faculty union representing nearly 400 part-time and non-tenure-track educators. The university invoked a constitutionally protected religious exemption from the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction to end its engagement with the union. The U.S. Supreme Court allows religious colleges to be exempt from federal labor laws, though many institutions have voluntarily recognized unions. Recently several colleges have asserted the exemption abruptly to dissolve established faculty unions. The announcement prompted protests, allegations of union-busting, and plans by union leaders to file an unfair labor practice charge.
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