Faculty members across the University of Pittsburgh celebrated the end of a five-year organizing drive Tuesday with the announcement that they had won a vote to become members of the United Steelworkers union. Officials said preliminary vote results indicated 71% of the eligible faculty members who cast ballots in the
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By DONOVAN HARRELL University of Pittsburgh faculty will be able to decide if they want to form a union in an election scheduled for Aug. 27 to Oct. 12. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) issued the order today, announcing about 3,000 eligible voters will be sent a letter on Aug. 27 containing an official ballot, instruction sheet, a self-addressed envelope and a blank ballot envelope. Pitt faculty will decide if they want to form a union represented by the United Steelworkers (USW). They will have to return their ballots to the PLRB’s Harrisburg office by Oct. 12. The votes will be counted there, starting on Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. and ending on Oct. 21 if necessary, according to the order.