Quill v. Eisenhower

This motion by the Transport Workers Union of America against the trustees of Columbia University seeks, in effect, to compel the university to bargain collectively with the union. The theory on which the union proceeds is that the provision of section 17 of article I of the Constitution of the State of New York that “ Employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing ” imposes upon the university the affirmative duty of bargaining collectively with the representatives of the employees.

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