IN UNITY, STRENGTH: Local 888 leaders and staff joined the nontenure-track faculty at Northeastern University and their supporters to demand that the college recognize their right to unionize. From left: President Brenda Rodrigues, Secretary-Treasurer Tom McKeever and Rand Wilson, Mike Kelly, John Magner, Hersch Rothmel, Ian Adelman, Penelope Jennewein and Steve D’Amico. Faculty members, who have united in Local SEIU 509, have gained the backing of students and the wider community.