LMU Adjunct Advocates Changes in Labor Law

Post Date April 17, 2014
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Dr. Darren Murray recently testified at a hearing of the National Labor Relations Board in D.C. about how proposed changes to national labor law could benefit adjuncts who want to form a union. Murray is involved in the effort of adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University to form a union, and has first-hand knowledge of what it means to have a union contract.

“I taught at LMU for twenty-one years, and I recently started teaching at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where the adjuncts are protected …

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VIDEO: LMU Adjunct Arik Greenberg Shares Experience at Congressional Briefing on Issues Affecting Contingent Faculty in Washington, DC

Post Date January 29, 2014
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SEIU Local 500 member Terilee Edwards-Hewitt with Local 500 Vice President for Higher Education, Kip Lornell and LMU Adjunct Professor Arik Greenberg.

LMU adjunct Arik Greenberg spoke up for L.A. adjuncts during a briefing for congressional staffers in Washington, DC. on January 24. The briefing on “Higher Education Adjunct Faculty Working Conditions and the Legislative Agenda,” included panelists Maria Maisto, President & Executive Director, New Faculty Majority Foundation; Esther Merves, Director of Research, New Faculty Majority Foundation; and Dan Maxey, Dean’s Fellow, Rossier School of …

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