Part-Timers At Duquesne Unionize With the United Steelworkers

Six other universities in the greater Pittsburgh area have contacted the United Steelworkers to help them form unions for their adjunct instructors in the past several months, according to USW representative Jeff Cech. The USW will not release the names of the other universities Cech said. Duquesne liberal arts adjunct instructors have been meeting with USW since March of last year to help them form a union because they said they believe the union will help them with winning a fair contract according to Cech and a press release. Some adjunct faculty members at Duquesne are adjunct faculty at other Pittsburgh schools and Cech said they brought the idea of forming a union […]