After yearlong wait, Bates College unionization vote fails

Image:  In January 2022, Bates College employees voted on forming a union that would include non-tenure-track faculty, dining employees, custodians and others. Their employer, a private liberal arts college in Maine, argued that—if there were going to be any unions—there should be separate bargaining units for faculty and staff. At one point, the college argued there should be four separate bargaining units. The college’s appeal to the National Labor Relations Board, coupled with...