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College unions were on the rise before the pandemic, a trend unlikely to slow

November 17, 2020

The most significant development during those seven years was the rise of faculty unions at private nonprofit institutions, the report’s authors note. The number of unions across those schools spiked by about 81%, or 65 new units, since 2012, the data shows. The researchers attribute this phenomenon in part to new demand for adjunct faculty representation, as well as “a refocusing of labor union priorities toward the needs of precarious faculty.”

Private nonprofit institutions also saw the emergence of graduate student unions, which didn’t exist prior to 2013, but grew to 11 units during the period tracked.

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