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For Adjuncts Who Take a Role in Contract Talks, Job Protection Is Rare
Adjuncts can come to the bargaining table, speakers at a conference on academic labor said, but doing so can cost them their jobs.
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MLA Sessions Keep the Focus on Adjuncts
A panel discussion and a speech by the association's president emphasize the problems faced by instructors off the tenure track.
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As Michigan Becomes a 'Right to Work' State, College Unions Plan Next Moves
The laws take effect within months, but restrictions on how unions collect dues will not apply to local units until their current contracts expire.
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'Metro' Unionizing Strategy Is Viewed as a Means to Empower Adjunct Faculty
Speakers at a forum praised a strategy being tried in Washington, D.C., that seeks to rally local support for adjuncts and turn market forces to their advantage.
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Group of Professors Seeks to Decertify Faculty Union at Montana State U.
The three-year-old union represents tenured and tenure-track faculty. Leaders of a decertification drive say the union's costs outweigh any benefits it provides.
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College Leaders and Labor Organizers Spar Over Graduate-Student Unionization
Both sides outline their positions in briefs to the national labor board, which is poised to reconsider a key 2004 decision affecting private colleges.
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Labor-Relations Board Seeks Input on Faculty Unions at Private Colleges
The agency is soliciting legal briefs on the question of whether or not faculty members at private colleges should be considered managers.
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At Academic Labor Conference, Visions of Colleges' Financial Future Differ Sharply
Administrators and faculty representatives disagreed on whether the recession's toll on higher education was temporary, and how universities should respond.
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Exploding the Myth of the Aging, Unproductive Professor
The stereotype flies in the face of data showing publications and Nobel prizes go to older faculty members.
