EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An effort is afoot to unionize 2,000 faculty members at the University of Oregon.
The Register-Guard reports (http://is.gd/ZjQzx2 ) that advocates have started fanning out to ask supporters to sign cards seeking state recognition for a new labor organization. The group United Academics of the University of Oregon began collecting cards from its strongest supporters earlier this month and has since expanded its efforts.
Under the process chosen by union advocates, supporters need to collect signed cards from over 50 percent of those in the proposed bargaining unit, which would include all full- and part-time instructors.
The university says it supports the right of workers to organize and has taken no position on the organizing effort.
