College, Trinity Washington University, and Loyola University Chicago. At other colleges and universities, such as Boston University, Lesley University, Northeastern University, and Tufts University, adjuncts have voted to unionize. The American Federation of Teachers has more than 150 adjunct/contingent locals. See also Precariat, a class of people who are chronically without stable employment Higher education in the United States References Further reading Berry, J. (2005). Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education. Monthly Review Press. Bousquet, M. (2008). How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low Wage Nation. NYU Press. Childress, H. (2019). The Adjunct Underclass: How America's Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission University of Chicago Press. Broad-concept articles Academic ranks Adjunct professor