Just as Union Contract Set to Expire, GW Prez Announces Push to Cut PTers' Jobs
by Janna Paramore It took seven years for the over 1,000 adjunct faculty at George Washington University to force the college’s president to recognize their SEIU-affiliated local. Adjuncts at GW unionized in 2007 against a groundswell of administrative opposition, including a legal battle. Since then, they have negotiated three contracts to raise adjunct salaries by more than $1,300 per course. According to the Contract Highlights posted to SEIU local 500’s website: “Part-time faculty at GW ratified their first union contract in January 2008, their second agreement in the summer of 2010, and their third in the summer of 2012. Along with […]
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