New Hampshire Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
The State Employees’ Association announced Monday that adjunct faculty members at Plymouth State University have voted to form a bargaining unit affiliated with the association. The N.H. Public Employee Labor Relations Board reported to vote in favor of the union as 60 to 43. The vote allows the S.E.A. to represent adjunct (part-time, temporary) faculty members in matters that affect their wages, benefits and job security. Some adjunct faculty members have complained they are significantly underpaid when compared to teachers working at other colleges and universities — in particular, Keene State College, where adjunct faculty members are already unionized. In […]