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

Pitt faculty began collecting confidential union cards in January 2018. Their goals include addressing concerns about pay and job security for adjunct and part-time faculty. They also would like to see more.

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 directive by the National Labor Relations Board that...

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.