Staff at the University of Alaska have successfully voted to form a union.
The group calls itself the Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity, or CAUSE-UAW. It’s organizing as part of the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, one of the largest unions in the nation.
The union covers permanent staff, including people who work in financial aid, advising, communications and other areas. It will be the largest at the university. Sixty-four percent of the staff who voted approved forming the union during a two week-long election held last month…