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Supreme Court Decision Could End Unions' Right to Force Adjunct Non-Members to Pay Dues
Janus vs. AFSCME could end rule that adjuncts must pay dues to unions they've chosen not to join.
At Duquesne U. Admins Take Adjunct Union Fight to Federal Appeals Court
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…
Eastern Michigan U Lecturers Union: College Deficit Driven by "Bad Management"
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…
University of Michigan Lecturers Union Fighting to Close Wage Gap Between Campuses
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…
Ontario PT/FT Faculty Reach Agreement—Pay Hiked and Academic Freedom Guarantees
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…
Pittsburgh FT Faculty Threaten Strike and Adjuncts Organized by United Steelworkers Say They…
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…
Pittsburgh FT Faculty Threaten Strike and Adjuncts Organized by United Steelworkers Say They…
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…
State College Adjunct Faculty in New Jersey Rally for New Contract
by Tom Nobile More than 10,000 employees at nine state colleges and universities have been working without a contract since July 2015. Staff and students at Ramapo College and Montclair State University held New Orleans’-style funeral…
Vanderbilt U. Non-Tenure Track Faculty Launches Petition to Unionize
by Sam Zern After a failed compromise with the university, the petition will move to the National Labor Relations Board for a final decision In November, a group of Vanderbilt non-tenured faculty members approached Service Employees…
Ithaca College Part-Time Faculty Union Wins 24 Percent Pay Hike in First Contract
by Grace Elletson The Ithaca College contingent faculty union, an affiliate of the SEIU formed in 2016, is currently celebrating a victory it has been fighting to clinch for over 17 months: a first-time contract with the college. However,…