Dive Brief:

• Lecturers at the University of New Hampshire have voted overwhelmingly to unionize.
• The tally was 141-23 to join an affiliate of the Association of American University Professors.
• The lecturers say key contract issues will be job security, raises, and evaluation policies.

Dive Insight:

Union activity appears to be stepping up at college campuses. Earlier this month, a faculty union-organizing effort drew attention at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Just this week, University of Illinois at Chicago faculty went on a two-day strike.