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Senior Lecturer Bill Marx and Professor Katherine Lincoln-Shultz, of the College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program, explain future prospects of the newly passed BU unionization vote. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU full-time, salaried instructors, lecturers voted to unionize by a 4-to-1 margin

Meagan Schwarz April 7, 2016

Boston University full-time and salaried instructors and lecturers voted to unionize with the Service Employees International Union Local 509 following a final ballot count Wednesday. The win merged...

Massachusetts adjunct professors gather to vote about unionization at the National Labor Relations Board in Boston. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Full-time, salaried BU lecturers and instructors file union election

Sekar Krisnauli March 8, 2016

  Full-time and salaried lecturers and instructors at Boston University filed a petition Friday to join Faculty Forward, a sector of the Service Employee International Union Local 509. The...

As part of BU Terrier Days, BU adjunct professors gave tours Wednesday of part-time faculty classrooms to raise awareness about how teaching environments affect the campus environment. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

One year after unionizing, BU adjuncts continue contract negotiation

Alyssa Meyers February 26, 2016

One year after Boston University adjunct professors voted to unionize, the professors, who are part of the Service Employees International Union Local 509, continue with efforts to reach an agreement...

Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs lecturers unionized with Service Employees International Union 509 Wednesday. PHOTO BY CARLY ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CELOP lecturers unionize, join BU adjuncts

J.D. Capelouto April 24, 2015

Part-time lecturers at Boston University’s Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, a center for English learners, voted 23-2 to join the Faculty Forward project of the Service Employees...

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