In interviews with The New Mexican ahead of the vote, faculty members cited a lack of cost-of-living raises, a lack of transparency in hiring and promotion practices,…
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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,…
By John Copley Unions representing the Capital Region’s large public-sector workforce are swinging into action, trying to inspire loyalty in their ranks in case — as they expect —…
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…
by David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deal a sharp blow to the unions that represent millions of teachers and other public employees, announcing…
by P.D. Lesko By 2021, adjunct faculty teaching three-credit courses at Barnard will be paid $10,000 per course. The Barnard Contingent Faculty Union (BCF)-UAW Local 2110 was…
Compare this to the AFT's organizing record prior its 2006 launch of a state-by-state legislative push to increase the number of full-time faculty. Of the 44 faculty…
There is a case pending in the Seventh Circuit, Janus v. AFSCME, in which three Illinois state employees argue they shouldn’t have to pay “fair share” union…
The bottom line: AFT’s 1.6 million members equate to a dues-paying equivalent of 854,000 full-time employed teachers. And we still have a mystery on our hands. The…
P.D. Lesko In a speech yesterday at the National Press Club, AFT President Randi Weingarten juxtaposed two approaches for education that would have vastly different consequences for America’s…