Pittsburgh, Penn. – Part-time faculty members at downtown
Pittsburgh’s Point Park University have voted to join the Adjunct Faculty
Association of the United Steelworkers (AFA-USW).
The group filed a petition with the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) in April to hold a mail ballot election. A total of 314 part-time
Point Park instructors were eligible to vote, and the ballots were counted this
morning at the NLRB’s downtown offices.
“The adjunct instructors have spoken very clearly with this
vote,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “Now it’s time for the
Point Park administration to work with them to craft a fair collective
bargaining agreement that provides the faculty with the benefits and basic
protections that all workers deserve.”
Among the issues the instructors hope to address are a
decade of wage stagnation as well as their lack of benefits, job security,
office space and other tools needed to provide the quality education that Point
Park students deserve.
Point Park instructor Sharon Brady said the vote was a
victory for the university’s teachers and their students. “I am looking forward
to working with the administration, with the support of the USW, to enhance
both the adjuncts’ experience and their effectiveness for the students they
serve,” said Brady, who has taught theater arts at the college for 13 years.
Source: LaborPress
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