Michigan: Nontenured faculty to unionize

by E Wayne Ross on June 8, 2009

The State News: Nontenured faculty to unionize

Nontenured faculty will have the opportunity to unionize this fall after voting to do so on Friday.

The 240 to 113 vote came after the Union of Nontenure-track Faculty organizing committee spent a year gauging union support among employees at MSU, said Richard Manderfield, a committee member and visiting assistant professor of writing, rhetoric and American culture. Now that union support has been solidified, the group plans to create a contract outlining its requests.