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“Transformative Agreement” delivers pay raises on all campuses and improvements in health care and job security. This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the subscription that…

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME that nonunion workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the…

Currently in contract negotiations, the union is demanding compensation of $7,000 per course, up from its current average of $3,500 per course for adjunct faculty.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log…

Olufunke Fontenot, the interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at USF St. Petersburg, alleges that the SEIU “has a controversial history of questionable practices.” This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber,…

Janus vs. AFSCME could end rule that adjuncts must pay dues to unions they've chosen not to join.

Now, six years after the adjunct faculty voted to affiliate with the United Steelworkers, Duquesne University announced it will take its opposition to an adjunct faculty union on its campus to federal appeals court, calling a brand-new…

by Roger Kerson EMU-AAUP represents more than 680 faculty members at Eastern Michigan University. EMUFT represents more than 100 full-time EMU lecturers and library staff, and over 600 part-time EMU lecturers. With Eastern Michigan…

According to LEO president Ian Robinson, a sociology Lecturer IV, the starting salary for a full-time Lecturer I is $34,500 in Ann Arbor, $28,300 in Dearborn and $27,300 in Flint. The Ann Arbor campus’ average cost of attendance for a lower…

by Sarah Armoogam On December 20, one month after the Ontario government ended last fall’s college faculty strike with back-to-work legislation, the two sides have completed a binding arbitration agreement mandated in the legislation to…

by Colin DeppenMore than a year after they began, contract talks between Point Park officials and the university’s unionized full-time faculty remain ultimately fruitless. In response, university officials this week placed an ad seeking…