May 3, 2002

Adjuncts at NYU May Form Union

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Four thousand part-time professors at New York University will get a chance to vote in May on whether they should form what would be the largest adjunct-only union in the nation.

But the campaign won't just pit pro-union and anti-union forces against each other. In a battle between two major unions, adjuncts will vote on whether they want to affiliate with the United Auto Workers or the American Federation of Teachers. They'll also be able to choose no representation at all. If none of

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