Our elected non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union Bargaining Team (BT) recently authorized filing Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against LMU’s admin for: These moves egregiously violate labor law and our rights as union members by: The two latest ULPs come on top of … Read More
Background Our elected Bargaining Team (BT) is deeply concerned with recent attacks on faculty members and higher education across the country, and the apparent lack of protections that contingent professors have when administrators decide they must go. Over the years, we’ve seen far too many NTT colleagues at institutions across … Read More
We’re issuing a Summer Challenge to every NTT faculty union member: When management sees faculty who are united in our commitment to each other, they know we’re serious about winning a fair contract. We get it – summer schedules are tough, but the more faculty participate, the easier it is … Read More
We’re calling on union NTT Faculty members to join our Contract Action Team (CAT)! The CAT serves as a vital link between our elected Bargaining Team (BT) and the broader faculty. Made up of dedicated NTT Faculty members, the CAT helps share important union updates and gathers feedback to bring … Read More
The bargaining action team (BAT) are representatives that were elected from current LMU faculty by the union members.
There are 15 BATs, with five from each school in the union.
NTT Colleagues, We’re announcing two important events NTT faculty members can join on Friday, May 23: Union Bargaining Session 10AM-1PM, Location TBD NTT Faculty Picnic 2PM, Alumni Mall Attending our bargaining session as an observer is a great way to support your elected Bargaining Action Team and show the administration that we’re united … Read More
Dear Members, We had our seventh Bargaining Session last Friday, and we presented four counter proposals (our counters to their counters) and they presented three more counters to our proposals. And it got heated. Our administration’s counters completely rejected our proposals in favor of maintaining the status quo. In some … Read More
Dear Unit Members, Last Friday, we concluded our 6th bargaining session with management. In total, we have now introduced 37 article proposals, whereas the management team has presented 2 proposals, and they have presented 9 counter proposals. Union Proposals (4/11) In the most recent bargaining session, we proposed a Leave … Read More
Unit Member, Last Friday we had our fourth bargaining session with LMU. We presented our first compensation article – THE BIG ONE – SALARY!! We presented a base salary to get our members up from poverty wages, and then we built off that for all who have degrees, years of experience … Read More
Union Members, Big News! We just had our second bargaining session with our administration, and here is a quick recap. We presented 10 new contract proposals. Our administrators are going to come back with counter proposals, but here is what we are trying to achieve: Our administration’s bargaining team did … Read More