Vermont: UVM part-time faculty contract negotiations at impasse

by E Wayne Ross on June 8, 2009

Burlington Free Press: UVM part-time faculty contract negotiations at impasse

Seemingly evergreen issues of job security, salary and health insurance have led to an impasse in contract negotiations between the University of Vermont’s part-time faculty and administration.
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The university and United Academics – UVM’s faculty union – agreed Thursday to declare an impasse after five months of failed negotiation, according to David Shiman, president of UVM’s faculty union.