Adjunct Sues Union and School Over Allegedly Unlawful Dismissal

By Meredith Dobes Former Roosevelt University professor Robert Klein Engler and his attorney DougIbendahl are moving forward with a complaint against the University and the Roosevelt Adjunct Faculty Organization filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. After a student in Engler’s Spring 2010 City and Citizenship course filed a harassment complaint against him for telling, what she said was, an offensive joke Engler was notified of his termination of employment from the University in August 2010. “All through this matter I have insisted I did nothing wrong. I make the same statement, now,” Engler said. “I have been teaching college for more than 30 years. I have […]