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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…
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…
In Alleged Breach of Policy, University of Montana Sends Notice of Non-Renewal to 40 Lecturers
by Keila Paller The University of Montana has sent letters notifying an estimated 40 lecturers that their contracts will end on Dec. 31, 2017. In the letter, Provost Beverly Edmond said individuals who do not have tenure “have no…
SEIU-Affiliated Adjunct Union Pushes Siena College for Almost $5K per Course in First Contract
Non-tenure-track faculty at Siena College voted to form a collective bargaining unit affiliated with Service Employees International Union in June 2015. The vote was 86 to 27 among adjuncts and 16 to 5 among visiting professors. Siena is…
At Duke U Adjuncts Ratify New Contract
by Ray Gronberg Adjunct faculty in three units at Duke University voted unanimously to ratify the contract their new union negotiated with the school, union leaders said. An election in March 2016 gave the SEIU authority to bargain on…
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…
NLRB to Duquesne University: Recognize Your Adjunct Faculty Union
By Bill Schackner The United Steelworkers on Tuesday implored Duquesne University to stop resisting its now-organized adjunct faculty, buoyed by the latest National Labor Relations Board ruling that campus officials must recognize those…
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,…
Hunger and Homelessness Among Comm Coll Students More Pervasive Than Previously Thought
by P.D. Lesko A new report, titled “Hungry and Homeless in College” reveals substantially higher rates of food insecurity among community college students than previously reported, while rates of housing insecurity and…