by @cfuuaw | Oct 22, 2021 | CFUUAW
On Wednesday, faculty at the University of Pittsburgh voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the United Steelworkers, with 71% of voters casting ballots in favor of a union. The Pitt Faculty Union, which includes 3,355 full-time and part-time faculty across Pitt’s...
by @cfuuaw | Oct 15, 2021 | CFUUAW
Contract faculty have a number of long-standing priorities concerning workload, salary compression, and job security– among many others. The pandemic has only exacerbated these issues, and emphasized our exclusion from decision-making over our working...
by @cfuuaw | Oct 8, 2021 | CFUUAW
Our union is part of a broader movement to reclaim job security for contract faculty. This week, we write to share more information about how the union helps safeguard our jobs and ensures equitable compensation and benefits. Currently, we are at-will employees on...
by @cfuuaw | Oct 1, 2021 | CFUUAW
Our union is part of a broader movement to resist the increasing precarization of the university, restore security, and reclaim a stronger voice for faculty. This week, we write to share more information about the growing role of contract faculty in U.S. higher...
by @cfuuaw | Sep 7, 2020 | CFUUAW
Congratulations! A majority of full-time continuing contract faculty at NYU have signed cards, demonstrating clear support for the protections of a strong union contract won through collective bargaining. Our work doesn’t end here: we will continue to build support...
by @cfuuaw | Jul 6, 2020 | CFUUAW
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, which itself was only the latest in a long line of outrages and which has already been succeeded by new senseless killings, the organizing committee of Contract Faculty United, the union for full-time continuing...
