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Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers at Beloved Silicon Valley Institution Santa Clara University File for a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board

AFLOC members Dawn Hart, Natalie Linnell, and Stephanie Hughes tabling on campus on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Media Contact: Chris Flink, chris.flink at seiu1021.org, 510.701.9637

The rising tide of unionization comes to higher education in Silicon Valley, hoping to help fix the “gig-ification” of being a college professor.

Santa Clara, California — On Friday, April 22, 2022, adjunct faculty members and lecturers at Santa Clara University (SCU) filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), requesting a formal election process to found a union at SCU. The adjuncts and lecturers have been organizing the union since 2017.