OTHER LABOR NEWS
UO trustees OK tuition increase
March 09, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Despite protest from students, the board votes to bump in-state tuition 3.8 percent and out-of-state 3.7 percent read more >
March 09, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Despite protest from students, the board votes to bump in-state tuition 3.8 percent and out-of-state 3.7 percent read more >
March 09, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Contingent faculty members are demanding—and getting—better working conditions read more >
March 06, 2015 / Phil Lesch
One former adjunct describes a system that's untenable. read more >
March 05, 2015 / Phil Lesch
To avoid a similar fate, small colleges need to be hard-nosed about what works and what doesn’t, experts say. read more >
March 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day took place last week on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The event aimed to raise awareness of unfair labor practices that adjunct instructors face at universities nationwide. read more >
March 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The average salary for tenured professors at Oregon’s colleges and universities is $30,000 less than their peers across the United States. read more >
March 04, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Applying for the first time its new standards for weighing whether college faculty members can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has given the green light to a union election by contingent faculty members at Seattle University. read more >
March 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
How an opportunity to hire a tenure-track faculty member went awry read more >
March 03, 2015 / Phil Lesch
The university system said a reference to the potential "enacting of a de-tenure process" was "inadvertent and incorrect." But faculty members remain leery. read more >
March 02, 2015 / Phil Lesch
State funding plan overlooks many reasons for attending community colleges read more >
March 02, 2015 / Phil Lesch
Rate My Professors is a student evaluation site that frustrates many professors, who say that the nonscientific standards leave faculty members open to unfair ratings. read more >
March 02, 2015 / Phil Lesch
SEIU Rally and National Adjunct Walkout Day read more >