‘Historic Election’: Over 2,000 Penn State Faculty Members Vote to Unionize

‘Historic election’: Over 2,000 Penn State faculty members vote to unionize

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WTAJ) — After years of organizing, Penn State University faculty voted Thursday in favor of unionizing, affecting faculty at both University Park and Commonwealth campus…

'Historic election': Over 2,000 Penn State faculty members vote to unionize

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WTAJ) -- After years of organizing, Penn State University faculty voted Thursday in favor of unionizing, affecting faculty at both University Park and Commonwealth campuses. According to the Penn State Faculty Alliance (PSFA), workers will join the Service Employees International (SEIU) Union Local 668, and will include members across all departments, full [...]

Penn State faculty members vote to form union

Over 5,000 faculty at Penn State campuses have united for a stronger voice. How will their new union shape the University's future?

Vote count begins on Penn State faculty union

Old Main is Penn State's administrative building on the University Park campus. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)This story was originally published by WPSU. Ballot counting on whether Penn State faculty will unionize and become part of the Service Employees International Union 668 is underway and slated to be finished Friday. Voting took place by mail, and faculty had until May 6 to get their ballots in to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. According to …

Penn State Faculty Vote in Favor of Unionizing

Penn State faculty have voted to unionize in what was Pennsylvania's largest public sector organizing election in nearly 50 years. Organizers said on Thursday that 2,510 faculty members voted yes and 847 voted no on forming the Penn State Faculty Alliance, which will be affiliated with SEIU Local 668. More than 5,000 faculty university-wide were eligible to vote in the election held April 1 to May 6. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board began …

Penn State Faculty Voted In Favor To Unionize

Penn State faculty voted “yes” in favor of unionizing on Thursday, according to the Penn State Faculty Alliance (PSFA) website. View this post on Instagram The union effort succeeded with 2,510 faculty members voting in favor of the unionization with SEIU Local 668. The union includes faculty members across all ranks and departments, including tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure-track, adjunct, full-time, and part-time faculty across Penn State’s…