And what they got was a measure of job security. The union represents instructional faculty who teach on fixed-term contracts, people who often piece together jobs from one semester to the next. Last semester, it had 503 members, but it’s uncertain work and the numbers will fluctuate.
In the past, members say, they frequently didn’t know in July whether they’d be teaching again in August. Under the terms of the contract, the university now must notify faculty one month before the end of one assignment whether their contracts will be renewed. Further, those who teach in a single department for 10 semesters within six years will be eligible for three-year contracts down the road should they pass a performance review.
The contract also addresses pay, including money for merit raises for those with a decade or more of service and a 10 percent increase in minimum salary levels. That brings the lowest possible academic-year salary up to $25,593 for lecturers, $33,409 for assistant professors and $51,184 for full professors.
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