A federal appeals court has ruled that Pace University may not limit the size of the bargaining unit for adjunct professors, who have been trying to negotiate a contract since 2004, Audrey Williams June reports on The Chronicle’s News Blog. Read more.
Meanwhile, striking professors at St. Thomas University, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, have spurned the university’s final contract offer, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports:
The vote conducted Monday and Tuesday by the province’s Labour and Employment Board saw full-time faculty members reject the deal by a count of 74-28.
Part-time faculty voted against it by a margin of 31-18.
The faculty union is calling for both sides to return to negotiations. The administration has not yet said if it’s willing to do that.
The union has been asking for increased wages, more office space, and a reduced workload.
The offer that was voted down included a pay increase of three percent annually for two years and 3.5 percent in the third year.
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