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Michigan State University has officially recognized its tenure-system faculty as a union.

The new union represents nearly 2,000 professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and librarians.

Union organizers cited budget cuts and threats to academic freedom as key motivators for unionizing.

EAST LANSING — Michigan State University’s tenure-system faculty are being recognized as a union, nearly two years after their attempts to have their own bargaining unit began .

A recognition agreement was signed by representatives from both MSU and the Union of Tenure System Faculty on Sept. 8, “following a neutral party verification confirming that a clear majority of eligible faculty submitted authorization cards in support of union representation,” union officials

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