Wash U adjuncts vote to unionize

Part-time faculty members at St. Louis school Washington University voted to unionize 138-111, the National Labor Relations Board said Monday.

The workers will be represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1, according to St. Louis Public Radio.

"With the election process now complete, the university is committed to working with the union on matters of mutual importance. Thank you for exercising your right to vote," the university said in a statement to the faculty members.

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