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Fresh from DC Successes SEIU Tries to Muscle Into AFT/NEA Territory in Pacific Northwest

by John Gillie In a case that could set a national precedent, Pacific Lutheran University is taking legal steps this week to block the formation of a union to represent contingent faculty members at the Parkland university. The university, which has held occasional conversations for...

SEIU Uses Organizing Strategy Developed in DC To Organize Boston's PTers

by Mariah Quinn “We said yes.” That was the consensus of a group of over 100 adjunct professors after a day of panels and discussions about organizing contingent faculty in.

Pittsburgh "Countering Contingency" Conference Offers Hope To Adjunct Activists

by Jack Longmate Over the past twenty-five years, U.S. colleges and universities have substantially increased their reliance on part-time and adjunct faculty instruction… The working conditions of part-time faculty members.

DC-Wide Union Movement Targets PTers @ Georgetown U.

by Braden McDonald Building on its success in unionizing adjunct faculty members at The George Washington University and American University, officials of the Service Employees International Union Local 500 Coalition of Academic Labor have begun marshalling support for a similar union at Georgetown. According to Kip Lornell (pictured...

One Man’s Mission To Bring the Gospel According to SEIU To DC Adjuncts

by Kelly McDonald In 2008, Kip Lornell wrote a piece for AdjunctNation about his seven-year effort to help his colleagues at George Washington University to unionize: It took me the.

GW Adjunct Union Asks For $5K Per Course But Settles For 3 Percent Pay Bump

Adjunct professors secured a wage increase and approval for a dispute resolution committee after GW’s part-time professor union finalized its third contract with the University last week. The University will.

American University Adjuncts Vote to Unionize With SEIU

Adjunct faculty at American University voted to unionize Thursday, following the lead of their peers at George Washington University and Montgomery College. Adjuncts are the temps of higher education. They make up more than half of all college faculty nationwide, but most work part-time “for very...