faculty unions

AFT Adopts Standards For P/T Faculty

by Conrad de Aenlle A highlight of the 2002 AFT convention was adoption of “The Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Part-time/ Adjunct Faculty: A Blueprint for Raising Standards and Ensuring Financial and Professional Equity.” The report documents the increasing exploitation of part-time...

Post-Strike UC Contract Could Impact Faculty Collective Bargaining Nationwide

by Elizabeth Ruiz College faculty and researchers across the nation could be seeing a big change in the near future due to the largest higher education strike in U.S. history..

United Steel Workers File to Represent 3,500 Part-Timers on Five Pitt Campuses

Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday filed for a union election with the state labor board. They are seeking a collective bargaining agreement that would cover approximately 3,500 full- and.

At Duquesne U. Admins Take Adjunct Union Fight to Federal Appeals Court

by P.D. Lesko Since 2012, when the adjunct faculty at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh voted to affiliate with the United Steelworkers, AdjunctNation has followed the saga of the part-timers in their fight for better pay and working conditions. Three months after that April 2012 vote, administrators at...

DePaul Adjunct Calls Out College President on Efforts to “Intimidate” Faculty

by Brendan McQuade On Jan. 14, DePaul University faculty received a letter addressing a campaign by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to unionize DePaul’s contingent faculty. While the tone.

SEIU Targets Adjuncts at DePaul U. in Chicago

by Brendan Moore DePaul could soon be at the forefront of the debate over adjunct unionization as DePaul President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. informed faculty last week of attempts by.

The Exorcists: At Duquesne U, Admins Use Religion to Fight Unionization

by P.D. Lesko Moshe Z. Marvit is an adjunct at the Duquesne University School of Law. He has a piece posted to InTheseTimes.com is which he writes about Duquesne University's abrupt about face in response to adjunct faculty attempts to affiliate with the United Steelworkers. Faculty in the College of...

Boston Adjuncts Divided On Whether To Unionize

The Service Employees International Union saw both a win and loss in the Boston-area this week. Adjunct faculty at Bentley University narrowly voted against joining a union within days of Lesley University's part-time professors.