Adjunct professors at 7 public colleges in Florida are trying to unionize
Adjunct professors at seven public colleges in Florida filed to unionize this week, becoming part of a movement of thousands of educators across the state who say they want better wages and job security.
Part-time faculty at Santa Fe College, St. Petersburg College, Lake Sumter Community College, Polk State College, Florida Gateway College, Chipola College and South Florida State College filed the paperwork to form a union, according to a news release from the Service Employees International Union. The next step is for a majority of union members at each institution to vote on their union.
The seven colleges join six other colleges and universities, including Valencia College and Seminole State College, that have filed for a union or have already formed a union with SEIU's Florida Public Service Union Faculty Forward.
With 13 institutions, the union group is poised to represent 9,000 adjunct professors – more than half of those employed in the Florida college system.
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