SEIU

by Elizabeth Pattman Elon University has gone up the ladder, filing a request for review with the national office of the National Labor Relations Board after the regional director certified a vote to unionize adjunct faculty on Tuesday,…

In a letter to faculty and staff, Elon Provost Steven House outlined the allegedly unethical actions SEIU organizers took since they first arrived on campus in January 2018 — all with the intention of influencing the election, the…

by Rachel Friedman In November 2018, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) withdrew its petition to unionize Non-Tenure Track (NTT) faculty members in the College of Arts and Science, marking the end of an ongoing movement to …

A new contract signed by Fordham University adjunct professors signed in mid-July will increase their wages by 67 to 90 percent over the next three years, which could make the difference for many between being able to pay rent and eviction.…

Olufunke Fontenot, the interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at USF St. Petersburg, alleges that the SEIU “has a controversial history of questionable practices.” This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a…

Janus vs. AFSCME could end rule that adjuncts must pay dues to unions they've chosen not to join.

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…

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…

by Sam Zern After a failed compromise with the university, the petition will move to the National Labor Relations Board for a final decision In November, a group of Vanderbilt non-tenured faculty members approached Service Employees…

Since the adjunct faculty at Tufts formed a union in 2013, their contract with Tufts has become a model for other schools in the Greater Boston area and across the country. In 2014 according to an article published by AdjunctNation, the…