AAUP National
October 30, 2018
This week the United Faculty of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) successfully finished its first union recertification election. Recertification became necessary after a 2017 bill drastically altered Iowa’s collective bargaining law for state employees. Despite intense anti-union pressure, of the 643 faculty members who were eligible to vote in the election, 547 faculty members voted in favor of United Faculty, a total of 85 percent support overall. The chapter represents full-time faculty and a significant portion of part-time faculty at UNI. United Faculty, first established in 1976, is the sole negotiating agent for the University of Northern Iowa’s faculty members, and it is affiliated with the AAUP.
Carissa Froyum is an associate professor of sociology at UNI and United Faculty’s vice president:
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