July 19, 2002
UAW Will Represent Part-Time Faculty Members at New York U.
The United Automobile Workers won the right last week to represent more than 4,000 part-time faculty members at New York University, creating one of the largest adjunct-only unions in the nation and the first at a major private university.
The UAW defeated the American Federation of Teachers in a runoff election, garnering 52 percent of the nearly 1,600 votes. The two unions had first faced off in June, in a race where the third option was no union at all. But neither side won a
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