Dive Brief:

• Boston University adjunct professors have voted to form a union.
• The adjuncts — totaling about 750 — join peers at other Boston higher education institutions in organizing, as part of a Service Employees International Union initiative.
• Other adjunct professor unions have been formed by part-time professors at Tufts University, Lesley University, and Northeastern University.

Dive Insight:

Next up are negotiations over compensation, working conditions, and what role the adjuncts can have in decision-making. A Boston University spokesman said the school is looking forward to working with the new union. A separate SEIU union already represents service and maintenance employees at the school. SEIU had been working to unionize the adjuncts for six months, BU Today reported. The final vote tally was 319 to 158.