Comments on UO Matters: A faculty union will solve all UO's problems

Dog says well yes, in principle this is a good mo...

2012-02-12T13:17:43.376-08:00

Dog says

well yes, in principle this is a good move but in practice there
has been no consistent signal from Academic Affairs about what kind
of person qualifies for "Career" and who doesn't. Our department
has asked about every 3 weeks for the last 6 months and have gotten
different answers each time that range from "any adjunct is a career"
to "no one qualifies to be a career".

Its a microcosm for the UO - we can come up with good policy on paper
but our implementation and oversight skills generally suck.

UO established "Career" NTTF as a respon...

2012-02-12T10:00:51.572-08:00

UO established "Career" NTTF as a response to exactly this problem - an over reliance and abuse of the adjunct faculty designation - many who had taught here for years with no job protection or security.

Appwrently at rutgers, only 'permanent' fa...

2012-02-11T23:06:13.182-08:00

Appwrently at rutgers, only 'permanent' faculty are in the bargaining unit according to this memo of agreement on salary deferrals on rutgers union website:

Within 180 days from the ratification of this MOA, Rutgers will conduct an audit of Type 4 positions to determine whether Type 4 positions are being used in lieu of positions which should be filled by permanent employees who should be in the URA-AFT negotiations unit.