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A contract agreement was reached for BU adjunct faculty Thursday after the final series of negotiation sessions concluded Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct faculty, administration come to three-year contract settlement

Weihua Li April 29, 2016

The Boston University adjunct faculty members and the administration agreed on a three-year tentative contract settlement early Thursday morning, 14 months after adjunct faculty unionized with the...

Graphic by Shivani Patel

Adjunct professors charge administration for delaying necessary negotiation

Paige Smith November 19, 2015

Boston University adjunct professors, part of the Service Employees International Union, Local 509, filed charges against BU through the National Labor Relations Board Nov. 4, according to the filed...

Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs lecturers unionized with Service Employees International Union 509 Wednesday. PHOTO BY CARLY ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CELOP lecturers unionize, join BU adjuncts

J.D. Capelouto April 24, 2015

Part-time lecturers at Boston University’s Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, a center for English learners, voted 23-2 to join the Faculty Forward project of the Service Employees...

BU community members join thousands in rally for minimum wage raise

BU community members join thousands in rally for minimum wage raise

Miriam Lelah April 15, 2015

[mediagrid cat="20166"] Boston University students held a rally Tuesday afternoon in Kenmore Square in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Approximately 200 BU students, adjunct professors...

A study published Friday by the New Delphi Project from the University of Southern California found a decrease in tenure and tenure-track faculty and an increase in adjunct and temporary faculty. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Non-tenure faculty on the increase, study shows

Molly Minniti February 26, 2015

Postsecondary institutions are increasingly hiring more non-tenure, part-time faculty and fewer tenure and tenure-track faculty, according to a Friday study commissioned by the University of Southern...

Massachusetts adjunct professors gather to vote about unionization at the National Labor Relations Board in Boston Wednesday. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct professors vote to unionize by a 2-to-1 margin

J.D. Capelouto February 5, 2015

As part of a yearlong campaign that has brought part-time faculty unions to several universities in Massachusetts, Boston University adjunct faculty voted Wednesday to join the Service Employees International...

Boston University adjunct professor Janet Bailey speaks at a forum in October advocating for better benefits and accommodations. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct faculty to receive ballots, begin vote for unionization

J.D. Capelouto January 15, 2015

As part of an ongoing effort to better address concerns and treatment of part-time faculty, adjunct professors at Boston University will soon participate in an election to determine whether or not they...

Boston University adjunct professor Maureen Sullivan symbolically offers her dinner to BU President Robert Brown during a BU workers march in October. The National Labor Relations Board set a January date for BU adjunct professors to vote on whether they will unionize and be represented by the Service Employees International Union. PHOTO BY FELICIA GANS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Adjunct faculty, University administration differ on unionization push

Paige Smith November 19, 2014

In an ongoing effort to address concerns about the treatment of part-time faculty on college campuses, adjunct professors at Boston University are preparing for a January election that will determine...

EDIT: Catch 22

Editors September 4, 2014

A student’s classroom experience can only be as good as the professor creating it. But in the case of Boston University’s adjunct professors, some say there are boundaries hindering their ability to...

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