Tight budgets spark talks of unionizing university faculty

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Faculty members are talking about forming a union at New Mexico State University as budget issues persist and departments prepare to reorganize.

Many faculty feel much more concerned, even threatened, by the budgets at the state level and the overall environment of higher education.

University system Chancellor Garrey Carruthers is spearheading reorganization efforts to make management and colleges more efficient.