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St. John’s University is suing the New York Public Employment Relations Board, asking the court to block the agency from processing an unfair labor practice charge that the university’s faculty unions filed in April.
The university filed the complaint in early June, about three months after President Brian Shanley announced it would no longer recognize its two long-standing faculty unions and two months after the unions filed their charge. St. John’s argues that its First Amendment rights as a religious institution prevent the state board from asserting jurisdiction over the university, and asks the court for a preliminary or permanent injunction barring the agency from processing the April charge or any other against the university.
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