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At VCU, Even Less Job Security for Nontenured Faculty
Three out of five faculty members at Virginia Commonwealth are on “term” contracts. The university has stopped offering them three-year contracts.
Ohio’s Miami U Faculty Unionize
Miami University faculty members have voted 450 to 241 to unionize, in an election where nearly 90 percent of eligible...
Faculty Votes No Confidence in Yakima Valley President
The faculty union at Yakima Valley College, a community college in Washington State, recently gave the college’s president a vote...
Striking Rutgers Unions Overwhelmingly Ratify Contracts
The three Rutgers University unions that went on strike together last month announced Monday that their members have overwhelmingly approved...
VCU Faculty Protests ‘Devastating’ Potential Layoffs
Virginia Commonwealth University faculty members who teach Focused Inquiry courses for new students say the institution may cut a third of their jobs.
‘We’re Not Slowing Down,’ Student Workers Say
Undergraduate workers are winning collective bargaining rights, making student unions increasingly common. They’re driven by the pandemic, pro-union sentiment and each other.
Grading Amid a Grad Workers’ Strike
University of Michigan graduate student instructors and staff assistants have been striking for almost a month. Now, the institution is trying to grade without them.
Temple Union Issues No-Confidence Vote in Administration
Ongoing tensions at Temple University were punctuated by a vote of no confidence on Monday, with members of the Temple...