Morgan, Brown & Joy’s Nicholas DiGiovanni to Discuss Graduate Student Unionization at Hunter College National Center’s 51st Annual Conference

Morgan, Brown & Joy partner Nicholas DiGiovanni will speak on the panel, “Graduate Student Representation Election Outcomes, 2020-2023: Navigating a New Era of Graduate Student Unionization,” at the Hunter College National Center’s 51st Annual Conference on March 19, 2024. Along with fellow panelists, DiGiovanni will provide expert insight on the last four years of graduate student unionization election outcomes and the implications for college and university administrators and labor representatives moving forward. 

The conference, themed “New Crossroads in Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations in Higher Education and the Professions,” will include additional panels on emerging issues, trends, and predictions in higher education collective bargaining and labor relations, and will be hosted at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City. To learn more and register, visit: https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep.  

DiGiovanni brings over five decades of experience to his diverse clientele and has handled cases and issues in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law. Over the course of his illustrious career, DiGiovanni developed a particular niche in labor and employment matters affecting colleges and universities, focusing especially on collective bargaining with faculty, staff and graduate student unions, proceedings before state and federal labor board agencies, arbitration cases, advice on union organizing, and management training. He is one of the foremost authorities on higher education labor relations in the country and represents many institutions of higher education around the country. 

The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (National Center) is a national labor-management research center housed in and supported by Hunter College, City University of New York. The organization is comprised of labor and management professionals, practitioners, and scholars interested in studying contemporary and historical labor-management issues, best practices in collective bargaining, legal and legislative developments, and public support for higher education. It provides a clearinghouse and forum for scholarly research and ideas concerning labor relations, collective bargaining, labor history, and labor law issues.

About Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

Morgan, Brown & Joy is among the largest management-side labor and employment law firms in New England, representing a wide range of Fortune 100 corporations, educational and health care institutions and small businesses across all sectors of the economy. The firm’s attorneys are known for anticipating and finding solutions to the ever-expanding range of employment-related legal issues in order to avoid the time and cost of litigation. When litigation becomes necessary, the firm aggressively defends its clients and has a proven record of success.