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U-M Lecturers’ Union Ratifies Historic Contract

by Brianna Foraker On Sunday, September 19th, the University of Michigan Lecturers’ Union (LEO – AFT MI Local 6244) announced ratification of the Union’s 2021-2024 contract. With a 96.6 percent “yes” vote of the voting membership, the ratification comes after nine months of contract negotiations...

Univ. of Mich. Lecturers Move to Withdraw from Their Contract–And Strike in September

On Monday morning, August 9, the U-M Lecturers’ Union (LEO) which represents 1,800 non-tenured faculty at the University of Michigan, held a rally to formally announce its notice to quit.

After Years-long Struggle, 3,000 Pitt Faculty (Including Part-Timers) Will Vote on Unionization

By Donovan Harrell and Susan Jones from the University Times After a years-long campaign, University of Pittsburgh faculty will finally get to vote on if they want to form a union.

Washington Part-Time Faculty Association Urges Veto of Section 5 of 2ESSB 5194

by Keith Hoeller For nearly a decade, the American Federation of Teachers and the Washington Education Association have sought to replace the part-time faculty they represent with the full-time faculty they prefer instead. They have been losing members and nearly all the full-timers join the...

Public Records Show Valencia College President Has Spent $10K/Month on “Union Avoidance” Lawyers to Fight Adjunct Organizing

Orlando Weekly/McKenna Schueler Tony Anaya, an 84-year-old former adjunct professor at Valencia College, wasn’t planning to submit his letter of resignation to the college last September. After working in Valencia.

Faculty Senate at Univ. of Cincinnati Gives Unanimous Approval of Report on Adjunct Working Conditions

The University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Faculty Senate voted unanimously on Jan. 14 to endorse the findings of a report on the working conditions of the university’s adjuncts. The adjuncts at.

UC Lecturers’ Contract Expired in Jan. 2020 and They Continue to Negotiate

While 2020 has left many unemployed and without a steady source of income, UC lecturers find themselves without contracts. The contract negotiation process began in April 2019 as stakeholders hoped a new contract could be solidified before their old one expired Jan. 31. As that...

Federal Judge Rules Against Faculty Union Over CUNY Layoff of 2,800 Adjuncts

by Kevin Stawicki The City University of New York illegally laid off thousands of adjunct faculty members despite getting over $251 million in federal funds to protect against the coronavirus pandemic’s economic.

AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Slamming McConnell on Failure to Pass Stimulus Bill

The American Federation of Teachers launched a half-million dollar ad buy targeting Mitch McConnell and the Trump administration’s repeated refusal to pass a coronavirus stimulus bill, leaving working families struggling.

At Elon College Faculty Union Pushes to Protect Non-Tenured Faculty

Elon University’s faculty union, Elon Faculty Forward, proposed their “Humane Budget” to the university in early May. The proposal outlines how the union wants the university to protect non-tenured faculty in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the proposal document. Catherine Bush, assistant professor of...

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