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
On Tuesday, the day of Thomas Poon’s inauguration as campus president, non-tenure track (NTT) faculty and supporters held a massive Day of Action on campus. Together, with students, colleagues, and community supporters, we denounced the university administration and board of trustees’ MAGA-style union busting and we called for school officials … Read More
Join LMU students, faculty, staff, alumni, and union and community supporters on Tuesday, December 9th, for a massive day of action to demand LMU return to the bargaining table!
Dear President Poon, We, the members of Fordham University AAUP (American Association of University Professors), write to strongly urge Loyola Marymount University’s Board of Trustees to retract their invocation of a “religious exemption” and return to negotiations with the non-tenure-track faculty union. As at LMU, educators at Fordham are heir … Read More