Original document: the Provost’s interview in the News-Gazette (April 21, 2016). Detect language: admin-speak Translate into: reality Administrators want multiyear contracts to be based on merit and performance… Translation – Administrators have set up a system that excludes almost all non-tenure-track faculty from multiyear contracts. The system is working! Merely 19 non-tenure-track faculty members campus-wide have multiyear contracts. TheContinue reading “Translation of Provost’s interview in News-Gazette”
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Translation of Chancellor’s massmail and bargaining position
Original documents: Chancellor’s massmail (April 19) and administration bargaining positions on non-tenure-track faculty union contract Detect language: admin-speak Translate into: reality Multiyear contracts should be based on performance and evaluation. Performance evaluations are too difficult, and so the administration refuses to agree to them in the union contract. The administration is not responsible for the fact that onlyContinue reading “Translation of Chancellor’s massmail and bargaining position”
Meeting of the Faculty: non-tenure-track member Dorothee Schneider calls for “good faith” from Administration
Statement to the Meeting of the Faculty, October 13, 2014 Dear Colleagues, Dear Senate President Campbell, Dear President Easter, Dear Chancellor Wise, Dear Provost Adesida. I would like to speak on behalf of the almost 500 non-tenure track (NTT) faculty who work on this campus and who do not usually participate in this meeting orContinue reading “Meeting of the Faculty: non-tenure-track member Dorothee Schneider calls for “good faith” from Administration”
Chancellor wants to restrict academic freedom
Chancellor Wise is quoted in today’s News-Gazette saying “There’s no hard and fast policy, and I think that one of the good things that can come out of that is a really active discussion, symposia, workshops, seminars on what is considered academic freedom and what is considered freedom of speech in light of digital media.”Continue reading “Chancellor wants to restrict academic freedom”
Admin game plan for non-tenure-track faculty: stall, stall, stall
Now that non-tenure-track faculty have a union (CFA Local 6546), members naturally think “we’ll elect our representatives and they can sit down with the administration to start bargaining, right?” Not so fast! The administration’s game plan so far The administration maintains a standing arrangement with anti-union law firm “Clark Baird Smith” from Chicago. Here’s the game plan they are following…Continue reading “Admin game plan for non-tenure-track faculty: stall, stall, stall”
Chancellor decrees faculty at Illinois are subject to civility test; Trustees back her to the hilt
Chancellor Wise broke her long silence on the Salaita case by launching a frontal assault on academic freedom and shared governance. Her campus massmail of August 22 seems perfectly reasonable at first reading – this campus is generally a friendly and cordial place, and who would want to change that? – but what she actually asserts is alarming: “What weContinue reading “Chancellor decrees faculty at Illinois are subject to civility test; Trustees back her to the hilt”
Dear Alma: Raises? What the Heck!?
Dear Alma, What the heck! I worked very hard over the past year and was looking forward to my annual merit increase from my department. Now I get a letter from academic HR telling me that I won’t get that raise – because of the new NTT union. What’s going on here? Emilia Hoppenmad, PhD.Continue reading “Dear Alma: Raises? What the Heck!?”
Administration Withholds Promotion Raises Promised to “Specialized Faculty” by Provost’s Communication #25
The administration exerted its power this month by refusing to give raises to newly promoted non-tenure-track faculty. In the face of this unilateral action, the need for a union has never been clearer. See the email below for details (sent by Dr. Kristina Riedel to the Provost, the incoming Dean of LAS, and Elabbas Benmamoun (Dept of Linguistics) onContinue reading “Administration Withholds Promotion Raises Promised to “Specialized Faculty” by Provost’s Communication #25″
UIUC is Punishing NTT Faculty for Organizing: Faculty Must Respond
On Tuesday, August 5, Provost Adesida wrote to hundreds of non-tenure-track faculty who have just been certified as a union (CFA Local 6546 AFT/AAUP) that “departments may not implement academic year 2014-15 salary increases for specialized faculty in this bargaining unit until an agreement is bargained with the union regarding pay adjustments.” This action isContinue reading “UIUC is Punishing NTT Faculty for Organizing: Faculty Must Respond”
No Objection to Administration giving Raises to Non-Tenure-Track Faculty!
Dear Colleagues, This is an exciting time for non-tenure-track faculty on our campus, now that we have gained the right to bargain collectively and democratically for improvements in our working lives. We have asked the University administration to commit to formal bargaining sessions towards a contract. Once the administration has declared its readiness to startContinue reading “No Objection to Administration giving Raises to Non-Tenure-Track Faculty!”
Raises for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
This week, many non-tenure track (NTT) faculty received an email from the Provost’s office outlining the administration’s efforts to undo the formation of our non-tenure-track faculty union, Campus Faculty Association Local 6546, and to maintain what they call the “status quo” for salaries. The administration sent a message that has many NTT faculty concerned that theContinue reading “Raises for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty”
Dear Alma| What Happens Next?
Dear Alma – That was big news last week about the non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty filing cards! What’s up now? Are we a union yet? Impatient! Dear Impatient, Yes, that was big news. Now the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board will examine the signed union cards, and compare the signatures with a full list of NTTContinue reading “Dear Alma| What Happens Next?”
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