LMU - SEIU Local 721

LMU Strike Vote Authorization FAQ

November 4, 2025

LMU’s board of trustees and Thomas Poon have joined the war against workers! They announced it would stop recognizing our union and end bargaining with us for a first union contract. Even if the board of trustees think they have found a legal loophole that justifies their actions, their decision is a moral failure that violates the principles of Catholic social teaching. It is union-busting, plain and simple. No university that claims to stand for justice or Jesuit values should treat its faculty this way.

Join Our Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Union General Membership Meetings!

October 28, 2025

Our non-tenure track (NTT) faculty member union fight is part of a much bigger movement to push back against the authoritarianism that is taking hold in our nation and on our campuses. Are you an LMU non-tenure track (NTT) faculty member with questions about where we go from here? Then … Read More

Setting the Record Straight on the LMU Admin and Board’s Union-Busting Lies

October 27, 2025

Lie #1: The NTT faculty union is a “third-party” organization or “outside entity.” Nope. Our union is 100% faculty led. We formed our union with SEIU Local 721 with a federally certified vote of nearly 90% approval from non-tenure track (NTT) faculty. Our 15-member Bargaining Action Team, which negotiated directly with … Read More

Students March in Support of Union Faculty, Organize Around Demand to Return to Bargaining!

October 21, 2025

On Wed., Oct. 15, more than 150 students marched on campus in support of our demand for the university to return to contract bargaining with our non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union. The march — which also included faculty members and community supporters — started at Alumni Mall and made its … Read More

NTT Colleague With Questions About Our ULP Strike Vote? Join Our General Membership Meetings to Ask Questions!

October 21, 2025

Are you an LMU non-tenure track (NTT) faculty member with questions about our Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike authorization vote and where we go from here? Then join our upcoming General Membership Meetings! In-Person: Thursday, Oct. 23, 6PM Tower Pizza, 8351 Lincoln Blvd. Zoom: Friday, Oct. 24, 10AM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2211202419?omn=88372901862 … Read More

AUDIO: Former CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra Joins Chorus of Voices Opposing LMU’s Union-Busting

October 20, 2025

Xavier Becerra, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and California Attorney General, joined the chorus of voices opposing the administration and board of trustees’ invocation of an alleged religious exemption to bust our non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union and end bargaining with us. At a campus forum on … Read More

LMU Student Labor and Employment Law Society Urges Admin, Board to Return to Bargaining with NTT Faculty

October 14, 2025

In an Oct. 13 statement, the LMU Student Labor and Employment Law Society blasted the administration and board for invoking a religious exemption to stop recognition of our NTT faculty union and called on the administration to return to bargaining. The letter, signed by Luke Banda, President of the Labor … Read More

LMU Student Newspaper’s Exec Board Urges Admin, Trustees to Return to the Bargaining Table with NTT Faculty

October 14, 2025

The Executive Board of LMU’s student newspaper, the Loyolan, urged the administration and board of trustees to return to bargaining with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty in an editorial published Tuesday, Oct. 14. “The understanding of justice as ‘integrally connected to our lives of faith’ is central to the University’s mission … Read More

LMU NTT Faculty Supporter Toolkit

October 10, 2025

Overview Resources LMU NTT Faculty Logo Social Media Graphics Print Out Poster Graphic Videos & Reels Zoom Backgrounds Stay Connected Website: https://www.seiu721.org/higher-ed/lmu.php Instagram: @lmu_nttfaculty Facebook: @LMU.NTT.FacultyUnion LinkTree: LMUNTTF

20 Plus LMU Student Orgs Call on Admin, Board to Return to the Table

October 6, 2025

UPDATED on Oct. 15, 2025 LMU students and student organizations have joined the demand for the admin and board to return to the bargaining table with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty! Students, university staff, faculty colleagues, and alumni have loudly condemned LMU’s union-busting since the announcement on Sept. 12 that the … Read More