When a faculty group at the University of Southern California voted overwhelmingly to unionize in June, the university cloaked its decision to appeal the result of the election in the most gentle language imaginable, saying it was seeking “much needed legal clarity.”
In truth, though, the university has been fighting fiercely for years to prevent the roughly 2,750 non-tenure-track faculty members from organizing and collectively bargaining their future contracts. And this time, union supporters say, USC is relying on President Donald Trump’s administration for help.
