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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

In a letter sent Sept. 26, the Catholic Labor Network called on LMU President Thomas Poon and the board of trustees to return to the bargaining table with the university’s non-tenure track (NTT) faculty. The letter comes after LMU’s admin and board asserted on Friday, Sept. 12, that it will … Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 CONTACT: Tim Sandoval, 213-218-5855, tim.sandoval@seiu721.org Los Angeles — Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) overwhelmingly voted to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike in response to the administration and board of trustees’ outrageous attempt to shut down their union.  On Sept. 12,  LMU administrators and board … Read More

Faculty members in LMU’s Department of Theological Studies called on the administration and board of trustees to return to contract bargaining with unionizednon-tenure track (NTT) faculty andrevoke claims to a “religious exemption” to recognizing unions on campus. In a letter to top board members and administrators, the faculty members write: … Read More

The LMU Faculty Senate passed a resolution Thurs., Sept. 18, calling on the university to return the bargaining table with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty and to explore “options of an agreement in a timely manner via good-faith negotiations that engage all proposals.” We thank our faculty colleagues for supporting our … Read More

Union Faculty at Loyola Marymount University Launch Strike Vote Unfair Labor Practice Strike Authorization Vote Comes in Response to President Poon, Admin’s Egregious Union-Busting Los Angeles — Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) launched an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike authorization vote on Wed., Sept. 24, in response … Read More

LMU’s Union-Busting Incompatible with Catholic Social Teaching, Write LMU Theologians LMU’s announcement that it will no longer recognize or bargain with our union is incompatible with Catholic social teaching, write 10 Catholic theologians who teach in LMU’s Department of Theological Studies in a letter to campus President Thomas Poon and the board of trustees.

We made our voices heard this week and told the nation that LMU non-tenure track (NTT) and Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) faculty are union strong! Whether we were rallying outside campus, demanding answers from top administrators, or speaking to major news outlets, we made it clear that we won’t tolerate … Read More

Have questions about the union movement on campus? Email lmunifiedfaculty@gmail.com to get in touch with a member of the Bargaining Action Team (BAT)! Here are the members of the team: Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA)Arik Greenberg, Clinical Assistant Professor of Theological StudiesBryan Wisch, Writing/Rhetorical Arts InstructorLaura Huffman, Senior Instructor … Read More

We — LMU’s non-tenure track (NTT) faculty — along with students, colleagues, and community supporters, stood union strong Tuesday, rallying at the entrance of campus on 80th St. and Loyola Blvd. and demanding that LMU resume bargaining with NTT instructors for a union contract! We demand the university stop its illegal … Read More

Loyola Marymount University Faculty Condemn University’s Outrageously Illegal Attempt to Bust Union, Demand LMU Resume Contract Bargaining Immediately LMU Joins Trump Administration, Billionaires’ Efforts to Shut Down Organized Labor Los Angeles — Loyola Marymount University’s non-tenure track (NTT) faculty members condemn LMU’s illegal attempt to shut down the union that NTT instructors overwhelmingly … Read More

Your Bargaining Action Team (BAT) for your Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Faculty Union — would love to bring you an update about negotiations for our first contract. The problem? LMU’s admin canceled our 13th scheduled bargaining session on Aug. 18 at the last minute and has yet to work with us … Read More

ALL DANCERS, ARTISTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME to take part in a powerful movement exhibition led and choreographed by LMU Dance Lecturer, Jermaine McGhee, MFA, (He/Him). All levels and abilities may join as a PARTICIPANT or an OBSERVER of a 2-hour living expression of unity, focus, and care. We … Read More

Come to our Union Office Hours this week to meet your colleagues, learn more about the LMU NTT Faculty Union, and find out how you can get involved in our campaign for a fair union contract.  We’re meeting up outside the Hannon Library Starbucks on: Stop by any time during … Read More

Background As we see college administrations across the country rapidly integrating programs marketed as “artificial intelligence” into learning, our elected Bargaining Team (BT) believes that we need strong protections around our employment, instruction, and intellectual work more than ever. Computer programs cannot replace the work we do. But with the … Read More

Dear LMU NTT Union Family: We — the Bargaining Action Team (BAT) for your Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Faculty Union — held the 12th Bargaining Session for our union contract on July 29. We’ll be frank: This was a contentious bargaining session, and it’s becoming increasingly clear to us that LMU’s … Read More

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