The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 284 announced last week its intention to unionize adjunct instructors at Macalester College and Hamline University. Both groups have filed election petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The push for adjunct unionization is part of a larger national movement, led by unions like SEIU looking to find new sources of union …
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COMMENTARY: University of Minnesota ramps up union activist program
Among the variety of current job postings at the University of Minnesota is one that got our attention: The University is hiring a "full-time labor educator". While the title may seem relatively innocuous, the job description is not. Among other things, the new labor educator will "collaborate with labor organizations to develop and implement courses, workshops, and other programs." If the job …
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