NLRB rules adjunct teachers at PLU can form a union

Source: seattletimes.com

By Katherine Long

A federal labor ruling that gives the go-ahead for Pacific Lutheran University’s (PLU) adjunct faculty members to form a union may also clear the way for college instructors at other private colleges to unionize.

The decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week found that the private Tacoma university could not bar its adjunct faculty from forming a union.

Union officials said they believed the decision would clear the way for impounded union ballots to also be counted at Seattle University, where contingent faculty voted on joining Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 925 in April. The two cases, according to SEIU 925, are nearly identical.

Seattle University officials said they were reviewing the PLU ruling and awaiting a decision on their case. They would not comment on the similarity of the two cases.

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