At Duke U Adjuncts Ratify New Contract
by Ray Gronberg Adjunct faculty in three units at Duke University voted unanimously to ratify the contract their new union negotiated with the school, union leaders said. An election in March 2016 gave the SEIU authority to bargain on behalf of full- and part-time “non-regular rank faculty” at Duke who work in Trinity College, the Graduate School and the Center for Documentary Studies. It won the representation vote 174-29. It took Duke and the union months to agree on matters involving “compensation and professional development,” 41 union members said in an open letter sent in June 2017 to Provost Sally Kornbluth that offered their […]