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Six Thousand Univ. of California Lecturers Threaten to Strike

From Labor Notes. Reprinted here with permission. After more than two years of stalled negotiations, 6,000 University of California lecturers are preparing to strike. The lecturers do one-third of all teaching but earn just a fraction of what their tenure-track counterparts do, with little in...

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.

Proposed “College for All” Would Be a Disaster For Adjunct Professors

by Jack Longmate Several years ago, when I learned that Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, was about to develop a strategic plan and vision for its future, I was hopeful.

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...

Washington/New York Faculty Unions Pushing “New Deal” Boondoggle That Will Cost Thousands of Part-Timers Their Jobs

by P. D. Lesko The Washington State House College and Workforce Development Committee will be hearing 2ESSB 5194 on Monday March 21, 2021. It would be a disaster for thousands.

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.

Rutgers PT Faculty Union: College Will Lay Off 15% of Adjuncts

by Bob Markin Amid national health and economic crises and during nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice, Rutgers University is choosing to fire its most vulnerable campus workers, a coalition of 19 campus unions said in a statement. The workers are disproportionately people of color, according to...

How Campus Equity Week Has Sabotaged Equal Pay for Adjuncts

by P.D. Lesko Last week was Campus Equity Week (CEW), in case you didn't know. From October 21-25, adjunct faculty and their allies were encouraged to use a variety of.

At University of New Mexico, 90 Percent of Adjuncts Vote to Unionize

Full-time and part-time faculty at the University of New Mexico voted by wide margins to form unions. Just over 1,000 full-time faculty members were eligible to vote and 500 of.

UM Lecturers Bargain New Contract That Hikes Salaries By Over 50 Percent

by Roger Kerson Members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO), AFT-Michigan Local 6244, voted to ratify a new labor agreement with the University of Michigan, in electronic balloting that began on Wednesday July 11 and concluded July 13. LEO, AFT-MI Local 6244, AFL-CIO is the union...

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