Dive Brief:
- Seattle University has announced its opposition to its adjuncts joining a union.
- In an email, the school's provost argued that a union election would threaten the Jesuit institution’s religious freedom by bringing the oversight of the National Labor Relations Board.
- Three other Roman Catholic colleges are opposing unionization on religious freedom grounds: Duquesne University, Manhattan College and Saint Xavier University.
Dive Insight:
The opposition to unions would seem to conflict with a Catholic tradition of supporting unions, but not all Jesuit schools have opposed unions on religious freedom grounds: Georgetown University stayed neutral as its adjuncts joined a union this year.
