For decades, non-tenure track faculty have come together to ask for better working conditions: fair compensation, improved reappointment guidelines, consistent contract lengths, reasonable teaching loads, membership on committees, recognition within the Strategic Plan and a more secure future at Wellesley. Our collective action over the past few years has resulted in measurable gains, and in 2023 we unionized to challenge the system that exploited our labor. Now, after an overwhelming majority of eligible faculty voted YES, we have formed our Union. After 16 months of negotiations and a 29-day strike, we have also secured our first contract.