Filter & Sort
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.
AAUP Censures 4 Institutions
Association's annual meeting on academic freedom issues features a debate on whether Steven Salaita's rights were violated and consensus that Wisconsin politicians are undermining their university system.
Negotiating Balance
Can work-life balance provisions be successfully integrated into faculty collective bargaining agreements?
Contracts Up Close
Academic labor conference panel discussion focuses on contract provisions for adjuncts that go beyond better pay. Data suggest larger gains for part-timers in bargaining units that are separate from full-time faculty.
Professor Manager
Ohio budget bill proposes a ban on full-time-faculty unions at public institutions where professors do nearly anything beyond teaching and research.
Fight for 15K
Adjuncts across the country participate in a national day of action for a living wage. How do their interests align with low-wage workers from outside academe?