Faculty Union in California Negotiates Less than One percent raise for Part-Time Faculty Members

LEADERS OF THE United Faculty of Ohlone College, an independent labor union in Fremont, California, recently negotiated a new contract which calls for the college’s more than 250 part-time faculty members to receive a pay raise of 0.97 percent. The adjuncts are represented by the UFO together with the college’s 137 full-time faculty members. The union negotiated a raise of 1.97 percent for its full-time members. Though in terms of percentages both gains appear equally modest, a closer look reveals a clearer picture. According to the union’s full-time faculty salary schedule, available on-line at http://www2.ohlone.cc.ca.us/org/ufo/fulltime.html, a newly hired full-time faculty […]