Times Argus: College staff unionize
The atmosphere was one of jubilation in Stone Science Hall Thursday at Vermont College as college staff celebrated their overwhelming vote to form a union.
Of the 41 academic and administrative staff members who cast ballots during the National Labor Relations Board-moderated vote, 37 were in favor of forming a union. Ninety percent of eligible voters cast ballots in favor of forming the union, to be called United Professionals of Vermont College. Four staff members eligible to vote did not and their positions will be included in the bargaining unit that negotiates a contract with the administration.
The Chronicle: Staff Members at Vermont Campus Vote to Unionize
Staff members at the Montpelier, Vt., campus of Union Institute & University have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. The campus enrolls 1,000 nontraditional students who learn through self-designed study and brief-residency programs.
The vote, which was monitored by the National Labor Relations Board, came on Thursday. Of the 41 staff members eligible to vote, 37 voted in favor of the union. The bargaining unit, to be called the United Professionals of Vermont College, will include 48 positions, three of which are currently unfilled.
The union movement has its roots in the merger of Vermont College with Union Institute in 2001 (The Chronicle, April 16, 2001). Since then, staff members said, decisions have been made by Union’s Cincinnati-based administration with less input by those on the Vermont campus.
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