Ohio University faculty approve unionization by wide margin – Athens County Independent

Ohio University faculty approve unionization by wide margin – Athens County Independent

ATHENS, Ohio — Nearly 800 Ohio University faculty will soon be part of a union, following a years-long organizing campaign and an election that saw more than 70% of participating faculty vote to unionize, according to unofficial results. “We worked really hard for this, and we actually had a very good sense that we had strong support,” faculty organizer Julie White told the Independent. “It was a pretty overwhelming victory, and now I think the …