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Big Gains for Adjuncts
Northeastern is latest university where first contract with adjunct union has included substantial salary increases and other key benefits -- such as payments for classes that colleges cancel.
Unilateral Governance at Union?
AAUP alleges antiunion activity and violations of shared governance at Union County College. Findings could translate to association sanctions.
An Attack on Tenure From a Democratic Administration
Connecticut State U professors say proposals for their new union contract, including the transfer of tenured faculty members to another university and expanding the grounds for dismissing tenured professors, read like an attack on their rights.
Developing Adjuncts
Non-tenure-track faculty members say they want more convenient, compensated professional development.
New Move in Union-Busting?
Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive.
A Weaker 'Yeshiva'?
Point Park U recognizes a faculty union -- after 12 years and many battles. Could this be sign that NLRB has eroded power of a Supreme Court ruling that limited collective bargaining at private colleges?
Summer Unemployment Reality
Adjuncts at one California college recently won a contract provision that they believe will help them receive benefits during months they don't have teaching positions.
Threat to Faculty Unions
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could effectively make dues optional for professors at public colleges and universities.