Congratulations to Mills College adjuncts, who won their union with SEIU Local 1021 by a 78% margin. This historic victory for adjunct professors at Mills College is just the first success in the Bay Area of a nationwide campaign through SEIU to empower adjunct professors, who now represent a solid majority of college faculty in the US, to advocate for better conditions for their students and themselves.

Adjuncts represent over 64% of faculty at Mills College. Like their counterparts at so many other colleges across the country, they hold advanced degrees and bring a wealth of academic knowledge, research and experience to their classrooms; also like their counterparts across the country, their superior levels of education and experience do not afford them professional working conditions.

“If you’re organizing, stay strong. You have a movement behind you,” say Ben Brown and Kate Robinson of Mills College. “Adjuncts across the nation are supporting you, and as Mills adjunct faculty members, we can tell you that a victory feels great!”