Faculty members on the University of Minnesota-Crookston campus have voted to organize as a union

The Crookston campus, one of five in the University of Minnesota system, has undergone volatile transitions of personnel and departments over the past two years.

UMC joins faculty members at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in its membership in the UEA. UEA is part of Education Minnesota, a statewide union representing 70,000 elementary, secondary and higher education educators.

Education Minnesota also represents teachers in the Minnesota State College and Universities system, as well as retired and student teachers.

Faculty at the University of Minnesota system's two other campuses are not part of the union.