LA County members: ULP Strike Authorization voting is underway, and your elected Bargaining Policy Committee strongly recommends a Yes vote. Despite reaching tentative agreement with LA County in 2021, the County has repeatedly refused to honor our contract. There are many discrepancies between our tentative agreement and LA County’s unilateral … Read More
Full-Time/Part-Time Benefit Based Eric M. Cathcart My name is Eric Cathcart with the Environmental and Ocean Sciences Department and I want to be on the CAS NTT Union Bargaining Committee. With 30 years of experience in teaching and environmental consulting, coupled with 20 years of running my own businesses, I … Read More
The LA County Contract 2025 Kick Off will be held at the JW Marriott at LA Live. Members who are driving can utilize the West Road Valet for parking. West Road Valet 1015 S. Georgia St. (West Rd.) Los Angeles, Ca 90015 From 110 South: Exit 9th St. Right … Read More
We Demand Respect at the Bargaining Table After six bargaining sessions with San Bernardino County, we have only received woefully inadequate proposals from the County. Even though we gave the County a comprehensive proposal at our first session, we are still awaiting serious proposals that address our members’ priorities – … Read More
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Why are we organizing? LMU non-tenure-track faculty are coming together to address the crisis in higher education. Non-tenure-track faculty teach the majority of LMU classes, yet we face low levels of compensation, poor benefits, lack of institutional support for research and scholarship, and exclusion from governance. By coming together to … Read More
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) non-tenure track (NTT) faculty: We’re proud to have support for our union campaign from elected officials, community leaders, and unionized NTT faculty across the country! Our supporters know that we need a change. As part of a nationwide trend, LMU has reduced tenure-track positions in favor … Read More
Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at the University of San Diego are the heart of our institution. We do most of the teaching and carry out the core functions of our university: instruction, mentoring, research, service, and preparing the next generation of leaders in academia and beyond. Yet, we have little … Read More
We kicked off our week of action yesterday with a student delegation delivering more than a thousand petition signatures to the Office of the President demanding that USD agree to a fair election. Students understand that faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions and we’re honored by the support and … Read More