Dive Brief:
- Adjunct instructors at Lesley University have voted to unionize.
- In a 359-67 vote, adjuncts at Lesley's four Massachusetts campuses decided to join the Service Employees International Union.
- The SEIU is waging a campaign to organize adjuncts in several areas, with the Boston area a particular focus.
Dive Insight:
The result is a union win in a campaign that has recently seen both ups and downs: Last fall, adjuncts at Tufts University voted to form an SEIU-affiliated union. Bentley University adjuncts narrowly turned down a union.
