The Chronicle: In Rare Move, Professors at Michigan Technological U. Vote to Drop Their Union
Faculty members and administrators at Michigan Technological University are dealing with years’ worth of tension that flashed into public view last week when professors there voted out the union that had represented them for just over three years.
Both supporters and opponents of the union point to the closeness of the vote to decertify the American Association of University Professors as evidence of the rift. The final tally was 143 to 136, with 92 percent of the institution’s 313 tenured and tenure-track faculty members casting votes. The results of the vote must be certified by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission before they are official.
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