The Chronicle: Duquesne Adjuncts Seek to Form Union Affiliated With Steelworkers
Adjunct faculty members at Duquesne University are seeking to form a union affiliated with the United Steelworkers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The steelworkers’ union said non-tenure-track faculty at the Roman Catholic college had formed a group called Adjuncts Association of the United Steelworkers and hoped to organize a collective-bargaining unit to push for more job security and better pay and working conditions. The steelworkers’ union is considering trying to organize adjuncts at several other colleges in the Pittsburgh area, Maria Somma, its assistant director of organizing, told the newspaper. Richard J. Boris, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, said on Thursday that he was unaware of any existing faculty union around the country with a United Steelworkers affiliation.
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