New York: CUNY union violated rights of some faculty

Inside Higher Ed: A federal magistrate has ruled that the Professional Staff Congress, the faculty union of the City University of New York, violated the rights of some faculty members by making it too difficult for them to pay only partial dues and to calculate the required dues. The ruling concerns employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement who wish not to pay for anything the union does that is not strictly related to collective bargaining. The CUNY union was found to have made such employees restate their objections each year, which was found to be unfair to these employees. In addition, some of the union’s spending was found to be inappropriately included in categories that would be covered by the collective bargaining contract. A spokeswoman for the union said that it has already changed procedures to comply with the ruling.

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