Here’s a collection of news stories, social media mentions, and information about the victory by adjunct faculty at Tufts, who voted yesterday to form a union.

Adjunct faculty at Tufts University have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a forming a union with Adjunct Action/SEIU.

Ballots were counted today at the National Labor Relations Board, and the victory was announced this afternoon. The win sets the table for contract negotiations at Tufts.

“This victory is exciting and important for the entire Tufts University community. I’m happy that my part-time colleagues and I will have a greater say in making Tufts an even better place to work and to learn,” said Carol Wilkinson, a …

Part-time lecturers of the School of Arts and Sciences will this week cast their ballots in an election determining whether adjunct faculty will form a union under Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Adjunct Action campaign, which aims to improve benefits, job security and pay for part-time professors at universities.

Great editorial in The Tufts Daily voicing support for adjunct professors who are set to vote in the next two weeks on forming a union.

Earlier this week Tufts adjuncts filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election. The election, a mail ballot, is set for September.

“It is thrilling to be moving from isolation to collaboration in which our individuality is treasured even as we discover how we benefit from working together. We are part of a world we didn’t know was there,” said Rebecca K. Gibson, a lecturer at Tufts University and a member of the organizing committee.