In late March, Molly Miranker received distressing, yet all-too-common news for non-tenure track (NTT) faculty members at Loyola Marymount University (LMU): Her contract for next semester was canceled, so she was out of a job. It was bad timing for Miranker, 36, who was five months pregnant and carries … Read More
Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) faculty should not have to reapply and compete in national searches just to keep teaching the courses they have led for years. The proposed “Professor of Teaching” title falls short of its stated goals. As introduced by Provost Weaver, it does not provide a fair or just transition … Read More
LMU has lost sight of its mission. We’re calling on students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community supporters to join the LMU Organizing Committee to build the collective power needed to shape the future of LMU and bring it back to its core values. LEARN MORE HERE. Also: Take action by … Read More
St. John’s University, a Catholic school in New York, announced recently that it was invoking a religious exemption from labor law and was busting its two faculty unions on campus. Sound familiar? LMU invoked the same bogus exemption last year to try and break our union of non-tenure track (NTT) … Read More
On Tues., Feb. 24, LMU union faculty joined a delegation that marched to the office of Fr. Eddie Siebert, a member of the university’s board of trustees, and called on the faith leader to support returning to contract bargaining with instructors. The delegation — which included the Catholic Labor Network … Read More
Join us on Tues., Feb. 24, at 2:30PM at LMU’s back gate entrance at Loyola Blvd. & W 80th St. for a rally and march demanding LMU’s admin resume bargaining with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty and stop its union-busting. After the rally, we’ll march to Provost Kat Weaver’s Community Conversations … Read More
After attempting to bust our union, LMU’s administration has claimed that non-tenure track (NTT) faculty will still have a voice through shared governance in the Faculty Senate. But what does the admin mean by shared governance? Well, just take it from President Thomas Poon. In May 2024, Poon, then our … Read More
From Los Angeles, to Minneapolis, to Portland, Maine, our siblings in the Service Employees International Union are fighting back against the attacks on our communities by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Friday, Jan. 23, members of Minnesota’s SEIU Local 26, along with other unions, faith groups, and … Read More
The Staff Senate at Loyola Marymount University passed a resolution calling on the administration and board of trustees to return to contract bargaining with unionized non-tenure track (NTT) faculty. The resolution by the senate — which represents administrative employees in various offices, including academic and student affairs — passed in … Read More
The Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America called on LMU’s admin and board to return to bargaining to negotiate a fair union contract with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty. In a Jan. 19 letter addressed to President Thomas Poon and the board of trustees, the DSA-LA steering committee … Read More