At Columbia College Adjunct Union Seeks To Represent Staff

by Tatiana Walk-Morris An online petition aimed at gaining adjunct faculty union representation for staff members has prompted a P-Fac and administrative response about its legal implications. Staff Who Teach, a group of more than 70 full-time staff members—some of whom are members of the United Staff of Columbia College staff union and teach part-time at Columbia—launched an online petition March 11 asking to be admitted to P-Fac, the college’s part-time faculty union, as reported March 31 by The Chronicle. The petition objected to P-Fac’s contract, which signers believe caused staff members without teaching in their job descriptions to lose courses. […]