Union Movement at Private Colleges Awakens After a 20-Year Slumber

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Some faculty groups think they can win the legal battles to organize and bargain

For 20 years, would-be union organizers at private colleges have been crippled by a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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