Faculty at Art Institute’s school aligns with AFSCME

Faculty members at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and their supporters hold a union rally in May. The faculty voted 377-33 to unionize. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Adjunct professors and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago have voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

The non-tenure-track faculty at the school will join the union’s Council 31, which has had a string of organizing wins here. It already represents staff at the Art Institute itself and its school.