Rosie Newmark writes: “ALA employees voted overwhelmingly to approve the formation of ALA Workers United, a new union representing staff at the 150-year-old association. The final vote count, tallied on May 27, was 77–4, with 81 out of 87 votes counted. (Six votes were challenged.) The National Labor Relations Board will now certify the union, a process that may take approximately 10 days, allowing workers to begin collective bargaining. The union effort followed months of internal reorganization at ALA. In a March open letter announcing the campaign, employees cited increased workloads, benefit reductions, salary disparities, low morale, and a lack of transparent decision-making as reasons for unionizing.”