Montana State U profs vote to unionize

by E Wayne Ross on April 16, 2009

FACE: Clean Sweep in Montana

The votes have been counted and the Montana State University-Bozeman faculty, tenure-track and adjunct, have made it clear that they want a union. With this vote, MEA-MFT, the state affiliate of the AFT and the National Education Association, now represents all faculty in the public colleges and universities of Montana. That’s what we call “union density”!

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: MSU faculty votes to join union

The faculty at Montana State University voted Tuesday for the first time in history to join a union.

The vote was close among tenured and tenure-track faculty n 168 to 156 in favor of unionization, or 52 to 48 percent.