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Pro-union protesters take a stand outside MU President Kimo Ah Yun’s inauguration

Mia Thurow
Published April 29, 2025

But outside, on the northeast corner of 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, a different group of people gathered with flyers and signs with messages like “Unions are an indispensable element of social life” and “Underpaying workers is theft.”

Protesters were making their voices heard as a way of bringing attention to the anti-union stance the university holds, despite some 70% of adjunct faculty in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences voicing their support for a union. One of the group’s main demands is improved financial compensation and working conditions.

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