CHICAGO – Part-time faculty at Chicago’s Columbia College recently voted overwhelmingly – 232 to 50 – to “disassociate” with the Illinois Education and the National Education Association.

“This historic vote is really a vote for part-time and contingent faculty to control their own destiny,” union president Diana Vallera tells the Columbia Chronicle. “We look forward to continuing to fight for the rights of these talented faculty on the issues that matter most, like course assignments.”

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The union, of course, is disputing the vote.

The paper reports:

According to a Jan. 21 press release from IEA, P-Fac members have expressed concerns about the way the disaffiliation vote was conducted, including potential disenfranchisement of some eligible voters because the voting process began during winter break when many were not on campus, whether P-Fac’s constitution guidelines regarding constitutional amendments has actually been followed and whether those who were not in support of the vote were given equal access to communicate with P-Fac members.

According to James Nagle, an adjunct professor in the English Department, the P-Fac constitution may only be amended by a two-thirds vote of the membership, and only 286 of the 585 eligible adjuncts voted.

As such, IEA will investigate concerns surrounding the election in the days and weeks to come, according to the IEA press release.

One shouldn’t necessarily conclude the IEA’s far-left positions on issues were a reason.

After all, watch this video of Vallera, complete with a White Privilege Conference “Got Privilege?” T-shirt: