Faculty at Thomas College in Waterville voted yesterday to join the Maine Education Association, making it the first private college in Maine to unionize.

Of the 42 eligible faculty members, 28 voted in favor of unionizing, and 7 voted against.

"Faculty, rightfully, are concerned that these changes are being made a very quickly, not in consultation and partnership, and we were very concerned that these were going to have adverse impacts on students," said Jono Anzalone is an assistant professor of economics at the college, and was on the union organizing committee.

He said faculty grew concerned last year when newly installed President Jeannine Uzzi began made changes without consulting the faculty senate and those decisions were affecting students.

"For example, the administration dec

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