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Janet Bailey, part-time-faculty union member of Boston University’s Metropolitan College. Part-time faculty, consisting of adjuncts, lecturers and instructors, are spreading awareness about their current job instability, low wages and lack of institutional support. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘They don’t know who we are’: Part-time faculty union advocates for better treatment from BU

Karyna Cheung February 9, 2024
Part-time faculty consists of adjuncts, lecturers and instructors. Collectively, part-time faculty unionized in 2015 and are still raising awareness about their current job instability, low wages and lack of institutional support as they feel that BU is unresponsive to their needs.
A member of the Student Curriculum Committee speaks at the beginning of the rally in Marsh Plaza about how student awareness is important for change. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Adjunct faculty, supporters march to President Brown’s office, demand fair treatment

Ellen Cranley April 15, 2016

[mediagrid cat="30474"] Boston University adjunct faculty members lead a rally approximately 100 strong Thursday to improve learning conditions at BU and raise awareness of the unfair treatment they...

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