Our current Union leadership treats adjunct faculty as second-class members!

If management cancels a course, an adjunct faculty member should not lose union rights. That is not democracy. That is second-class membership.

Adjunct faculty are members, too!

• Adjunct dues should be lower and fairer– a one-time fee for the entire academic year.
• Full rights should not depend on getting a course every semester, and should not end when a short WPO course ends.
• The six-month rule for serving in office is unreasonable for contingent faculty (and violates the LMRDA’s election rules).
• Other New Jersey locals allow adjunct faculty to retain full rights as long as they teach either the Fall or Spring semester. In fact, that is how the Contract defines membership.
• Only ~30% of adjunct faculty are Union members. This makes us weak at the local and state bargaining table.

And the disenfranchisement of members is happening now:

The adjunct faculty member on our slate, Kevin Keogen, who has taught at William Paterson for 20 years was ruled ineligible to run after losing his Spring course — even though he had been a dues-paying member less than 6 months ago in the Fall.

We assure adjunct members that they will have adjunct representation once we take office. The Adjunct Representative on our Slate, Kevin Keogen, is willing and ready to serve, and we have a team of adjuncts working to get out the vote and help with adjunct organizing in the future!

Management should not decide who gets a voice in the union.

Adjunct faculty are the most vulnerable workers in the union — and they must be full union members with the right to vote and run for office, even when courses are canceled!