Members of a union for students who work in Grinnell College dining halls say they’re still open to negotiating with administrators to avoid a prolonged legal battle. Grinnell College officials are asking federal regulators to nullify the union’s vote to expand its membership to student assistants, tutors and others. Quinn Ercolani is the Grinnell student union’s president.

Ercolani is hoping Grinnell College administrators will reconsider and negotiate with the union organizers among the student body.