Edward Waters U Heads to Trial for Unrecognizing Faculty Union

The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Edward Waters University, a historically Black university in Florida, after the university stopped recognizing its faculty union, The Tributary reported. The case goes to trial in November. Leaders at the university, which is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, withdrew recognition of its chapter of the American Association of University Professors two years ago, arguing the university’s “rights as a religious educational institution” permitted them to do so.