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Contingent Faculty Union at Fordham University in New York.

https://fordhamfacultyunited.com/

Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions.
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The Trump administration must release people from unjust detention and return them safely to their families. #SolidaritySummer
July 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED
BARGAINING BULLETIN
Collective Bargaining Session 7: June 12, 2025
Next Bargaining Session: June 26, 1 p.m. LL South Lounge

We need to hear from you! Learn more details and ask your questions at tonight´s members´ meeting (details sent via email)
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 7: June 12, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: June 26, 1 p.m. LL South Lounge MANAGEMENT PROPOSED 3.5%, 4% and 4% raises over 3 yrs for FT and NO further INCREASES for PT COMPENSATION IS OUR PRIORITY Management aims to divide us by making us choose between FT and PT raises. Because of instability in the political and economic environments, we countered by distributing our pay increases across 3 years to achieve a liveable wage. We need to hear from you! Learn more details and ask your questions at the meeting MEMBER MEETING JUNE 16, Monday 6-7 PM on Zoom (Register via link sent by email)
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We deserve a fair wage that allows us to cover our most basic needs to live in this city and continue to provide our students with the best education possible.

WE NEED YOUR VOICE! Come to our next bargaining session this THURSDAY 6/12 at LC: LL South Lounge from 12:30 - 4:30.
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 7: June 5, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: June 12, 12:30 LL South Lounge MANAGEMENT PROPOSED 3.5% raises WE DESERVE MORE We remain far apart on compensation. Management added only a half % to their last proposal 3%) and we countered with a 1 % decrease to 14% an increase that would bring us to a liveable wage. "I pursue freelance work and stipends to try to meet my cost of living and supplement my Fordham income, which is about 50% lower than it was when I worked as a public media professional." Member response on “Who is FFUˮ survey MEMBER MEETING JUNE 16̅ Monday 6-7 PM on Zoom (Register here) https://fordhamfacultyunited.com | fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com | @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social | @fordhamfacultyunited
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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We deserve a fair wage that allows us to cover our most basic needs to live in this city and continue to provide our students with the best education possible.

WE NEED YOUR VOICE! Come to our next bargaining session TOMORROW WEDNESDAY 5/14 at LC: from 10-2.
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 6: May 6, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: May 14, 10am LL 140W G73 Management gave us their counter proposal on compensation: 3% raises. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH! • For full-timers, 3% doesn't cover the 2023 increase in our health insurance contributions-negotiated without our input and about to go up again! • For part-timers, 3% is a few hundred dollars a semester at most. Join us! FFU bargaining sessions are open to all FFU member faculty. What's next? We will continue to negotiate for a fair wage. We have one more session this month, on May 14, and will schedule more in June. BUT our contract expires on June 30. IF YOU WANT A BETTER RAISE, we need you to check your email and texts during the break for our updates. YOU are FFU. Without your help, we won't succeed. Members speak We are exploited.
May 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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At our last bargaining session, management responded to our compensation proposal with 3% raises across the board. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH! Fordham continues to fall behind other institutions in the city and even behind our peer institutions across the country.
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 6: May 6, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: May 14, 10am LL 140W G73 https://fordhamfacultyunited.com | fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com | @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social | @fordhamfacultyunited Management gave us their counter proposal on compensation: 3% raises. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH! ● For full-timers, 3% doesnʼt cover the 2023 increase in our health insurance contributions—negotiated without our input and about to go up again! ● For part-timers, 3% is a few hundred dollars a semester at most. Join us! FFU bargaining sessions are open to all FFU member faculty. Members speak We are exploited. Period. What’s next? We will continue to negotiate for a fair wage. We have one more session this month, on May 14, and will schedule more in June. BUT our contract expires on June 30. IF YOU WANT A BETTER RAISE, we need you to check your email and texts during the break for our updates. YOU are FFU. Without your help, we won’t succeed
May 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Today is May Day, May 1st, Primero de mayo: the International Workers Day. Celebrate it by joining your coworkers, labor sisters and brothers, comrades, friends and compañeres at a rally, a march, a square or a street.

This is in NYC. Foley Square 5pm.

Solidarity forever!
MAY DAY STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER WE ARE MANY THEY ARE FEW MAY 1 @ SPM NYC / FOLEY 5Q
May 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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University of Rochester Grad student workers are on strike! As attacks on higher ed, international students, and workers intensify nationally, they’re demanding a fair process to form their union.
#highered #union #universityofrochester #gradstudents #seiu
University of Rochester Grad student workers are on strike! As attacks on higher ed, international students, and workers intensify nationally, they’re demanding a fair process to form their union. #urglu #strike #uofrstrike #rochester #rochesterny #uofr #universityofrochester #urochester #highereducation #gradschool #SEIU #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll
April 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Rally for
Community Solidarity

Organized by a group of concerned faculty.
Sponsored by American Studies.

Walsh Library Steps
Noon, April 30
In solidarity with international students and in defense of academic freedom.
Organized by a group of concerned faculty. Sponsored by American Studies. Read the statement of principles here: Rally for Community Solidarity Walsh Library Steps Noon, April 30 In solidarity with international students and in defense of academic freedom.
April 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Our bargaining bulletin is here!

Read to follow the negotiations and join our next bargaining session on Tuesday May 6, 10am LL South Lounge
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Sessions 4 & 5: April 15 & 25, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: May 6, 10am LL South Lounge We have finished presenting proposals. Join us! In the last session, management agreed that we can show support for other unions without fear of discipline. We are waiting for management's response on compensation, which they FFU bargaining sessions are open to all FFU member faculty. expect to provide at our next bargaining session on May 6. Please attend this important session to show that FFU is united in our fight for a fair wage! FFU's proposals focus on the priorities that members shared in our fall 2024 survey: 1. Higher compensation that helps with inflation and cost of living, particularly for Full-Timers, who received little in our last contract due to rising health insurance costs. This is the #1 priority and our main goal in these negotiations. 2. Transparency in evaluations, promotions, and appointment decisions. 3. Better job security by shortening the probationary period. 4. Increasing full-time positions and creating a stronger path for members to move into these positions. "It seems unfair to the students who pay full tuition that they are instructed by someone who's being paid less than 1/3 of what a full-time faculty member is paid. We could devote more time to these students if we were paid proportionally." The most important and urgent issue is to fight for significant salary increases. What we are currently paid is not enough to live in this city. The last raise wasn't as significant as it may seemed percentage terms—it didn't make a real difference in net pay for Lecturers. Members speak We are exploited. Period. https://fordhamfacultyunited.com | fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com|@fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social|@fordhamfacultyunited
April 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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At Fordham we’re #UnionStrong !

In our last week of classes proud @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social members are showing support for our union during negotiations
At Fordham we’re #UnionStrong ! In our last week of classes proud @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social members are showing support for our union during negotiations At Fordham we’re #UnionStrong ! In our last week of classes proud @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social members are showing support for our union during negotiations
April 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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At Fordham we’re #UnionStrong!

Our students support us!
Fordham students support FFU Fordham students support FFU
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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At Fordham we’re #UnionStrong !

Proud Fordham faculty showing their solidarity with @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social
Proud FFU member showing solidarity. Proud FFU member showing solidarity. Proud FFU members showing solidarity. Proud FFU members showing solidarity.
April 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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DAY OF ACTION IN DEFENSE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

TODAY April 17th 4PM
Foley Square NYC
March starts 3pm at Washington Sq.

HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS!

HANDS OFF HIGHER EDUCATION!

TAKE BACK OUR UNIVERSITIES!

HANDS OFF
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH!

RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN! THURSDAY, APRIL 17%h 4:00 PM FOLEY SQUARE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities. FOLEY SQUARE, 4 PM JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate Baher Azmy, CCR, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Rotua Lumbantobing, Vice President, AAUP Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University Asad Dandia Heba Gowayed, Hunter College/ CUNY Denis Nash, CUNY School of Public Health Shana Redmond, Columbia University Salman Khan, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Art Eisenberg, NYCLU Grant Miner, Student Workers of Columbia McKenzie Wark, The New School Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP/NYU Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University The Rude Mechanical Orchestra...and MORE!
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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DAY OF ACTION IN DEFENSE IF HIGHER EDUCATION

Tomorrow April 17th 4PM
Foley Square NYC

HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS!

HANDS OFF HIGHER EDUCATION!

TAKE BACK OUR UNIVERSITIES!

HANDS OFF
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH!

RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN! THURSDAY, APRIL 17%h 4:00 PM FOLEY SQUARE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities. FOLEY SQUARE, 4 PM JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate Baher Azmy, CCR, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Rotua Lumbantobing, Vice President, AAUP Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University Asad Dandia Heba Gowayed, Hunter College/ CUNY Denis Nash, CUNY School of Public Health Shana Redmond, Columbia University Salman Khan, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Art Eisenberg, NYCLU Grant Miner, Student Workers of Columbia McKenzie Wark, The New School Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP/NYU Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University The Rude Mechanical Orchestra...and MORE!
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!
THURSDAY, APRIL 17th
4:00 PM
FOLEY SQUARE
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities.

JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED!
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN! THURSDAY, APRIL 17%h 4:00 PM FOLEY SQUARE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities. FOLEY SQUARE, 4 PM JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate Baher Azmy, CCR, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Rotua Lumbantobing, Vice President, AAUP Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University Asad Dandia Heba Gowayed, Hunter College/ CUNY Denis Nash, CUNY School of Public Health Shana Redmond, Columbia University Salman Khan, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Art Eisenberg, NYCLU Grant Miner, Student Workers of Columbia McKenzie Wark, The New School Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP/NYU Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University The Rude Mechanical Orchestra...and MORE!
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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JOIN US TO DEMAND
HANDS OFF HIGHER ED!
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN! THURSDAY, APRIL 17%h 4:00 PM FOLEY SQUARE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities. FOLEY SQUARE, 4 PM JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate Baher Azmy, CCR, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Rotua Lumbantobing, Vice President, AAUP Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University Asad Dandia Heba Gowayed, Hunter College/ CUNY Denis Nash, CUNY School of Public Health Shana Redmond, Columbia University Salman Khan, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Art Eisenberg, NYCLU Grant Miner, Student Workers of Columbia McKenzie Wark, The New School Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP/NYU Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University The Rude Mechanical Orchestra...and MORE!
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Defend Our Education!
NYC Apr 17
3pm Washington Sq Park
4pm Foley Sq.

HANDS OFF HIGHER EDUCATION!

TAKE BACK OUR UNIVERSITIES!

HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS!

RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!

#highered #handsoff #education #universities
HANDS OFF HIGHER EDUCATION! TAKE BACK OUR UNIVERSITIES! HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS! RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Last week, we reached our first tentative agreement and our first WIN! Management has agreed to double the amount of Professional Development funds for adjunct faculty to $1000.

Please see the attached bargaining bulletin for more information on our other proposals.
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 3: April 2, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: April 15, 10am LL South Lounge https://fordhamfacultyunited.com | fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com | @fordhamfacultyu.bsky.social | @fordhamfacultyunited We presented proposals to ensure fairer, more transparent evaluations and disciplinary processes, including: 1. Earlier notice if there are performance issues that need to be addressed, so weʼre not taken by surprise when we complete probation and are eligible to move to more permanent appointments. 2. The right to a second teaching observation by a different faculty observer. 3. Adding language on progressive discipline so that members are given a chance to correct performance issues instead of being fired for minor shortcomings. We have our first win! Management has agreed to double the amount of Professional Development funds for adjuncts to $1000. This money is available to any adjunct who has completed probation to cover the costs of attending professional conferences. Join us! FFU bargaining sessions are open to all FFU member faculty. Full-time FFU members had most of their raises from the last CBA eaten up by changes to their health insurance plan, which they had no say in. We have proposed language to require impact bargaining with FFU in the case of any proposed future health insurance changes to ensure this doesn’t happen again! I just did my taxes and not only did I lose my entire raise to health insurance, but I lost an additional $400. So the last CBA actually cost me money. When I got my first paycheck after the new CBA, I had to laugh at how small my raise was. Then I got my first check after the health insurance changes and I wanted to cry.
April 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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TODAY!
EVERYWHERE!
EVERYONE!

#HandsOff

Find your closest action here:

handsoff2025.com/about
HANDS OFF! MEDICAID • MEDICARE • SOCIAL SECURITY • OUR JOBS • OUR WALLETS - OUR BODIES • FAIR ELECTIONS • PERSONAL DATA • PUBLIC LANOS • VETERAN SERVICES • CANCER RESEARCH • NATO • CONSUMER PROTECTIONS • CLEAN AIR • CLEAN ENERGY • SCHOOLS • LIBRARIES • FREE SPEECH - LGATO+ RIGHTS • IMMIGRANTS • COURTS - MORE NASS MO MON WE MUST STOP TRUMP AND MUSK'S ILLEGAL, BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB. SATURDAY APRIL 5
April 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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TODAY!
EVERYWHERE!
EVERYONE!

Find your closest action here:

handsoff2025.com/about
HANDS OFF! MEDICAID • MEDICARE • SOCIAL SECURITY • OUR JOBS • OUR WALLETS - OUR BODIES • FAIR ELECTIONS • PERSONAL DATA • PUBLIC LANOS • VETERAN SERVICES • CANCER RESEARCH • NATO • CONSUMER PROTECTIONS • CLEAN AIR • CLEAN ENERGY • SCHOOLS • LIBRARIES • FREE SPEECH - LGATO+ RIGHTS • IMMIGRANTS • COURTS - MORE NASS MO MON WE MUST STOP TRUMP AND MUSK'S ILLEGAL, BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB. SATURDAY APRIL 5
April 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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1 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT HAS HAD
THEIR VISA REVOKED.
We demand more than thoughts and prayers. Solidarity means action.
Fordham, do not look away.

Statement by Fordham SJP.
Statement by Fordham SJP 1 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT HAS HAD THEIR VISA REVOKED. We demand more than thoughts and prayers. Solidarity means action. Fordham, do not look away. Read our Statement. Tonight, April 4th at 7:45 PM, Fordham University President Tania Tetlow sent a campus-wide email titled "Immigration Status and International Travel." Tucked inside the second paragraph was a brief, almost clinical acknowledgment: an undergraduate student at Fordham has had their visa revoked. No confirmation of their safety. No plan of action. Just an ambiguous reference and a phone number for Public Safety. Let us be absolutely clear: his is not distant. This is not theoretic.> This is happening-here, now. This is not an isolated case. It is part of a broader campaign of repression, intensifying under the Trump administration's return to power. In the first 50 days of his presidency, over 32,000 people were arrested by ICE-roughly the same number detained throughout all of 2024. The state is moving swiftly and methodically to criminalize dissent, especially from international students, immigrants, and those who organize against injustice. The framework is already in place. Visa revocations. ICE raids in the dead of night. Targeted surveillance of student activists. The use of immigration status as a weapon to intimidate and silence. International students who speak out particularly in solidarity with Palestine-are being vilified and made disposable. This is not abou national security. It is about control. It is about silencing those who dare to question empire, occupation, and systemic violence. It is about sending a message: stay quiet, or disappear. We, at SJP, reject this violent normalization. We demand: • Immediate transparency from the administration about the student's situation. • A public stance of non-cooperation with ICE and DHS. • Concrete legal and material support for any student impacted by immigration enforcement. • An end to hollow gestures that mask inaction. This is not the time to look away. This is the time to act. Do not let our classmates be quietly disappeared. Do not let fear become the norm. If you or someone you know is at risk, prioritize your safety. Seek legal support. Contact us—we will connect you with resources and community. Fordham: you cannot claim to care about justice while cooperating with the systems that tear students from their classrooms.
April 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#HandsOff

Today in NYC
Hands Off! New York City Fights Back
Saturday, April 5
1 – 3pm EDT, Bryant Park
Hands Off! New York City Fights Back Rally · Volunteer organized Saturday, April 5 1 – 3pm EDT Bryant Park
April 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Our next session will be TOMORROW 4/2 in Lowenstein South Lounge (LC) from 9:30 - 1.

Bargaining sessions are open to ALL FFU members. Come for 30 minutes or stay the whole time.

More info in bargaining bulletin.⬇️
FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED BARGAINING BULLETIN Collective Bargaining Session 2: March 26, 2025 Next Bargaining Session: April 2, 9am LL South Lounge On Wednesday we presented our economic proposals, including: ● compensation that makes progress towards a living wage ● increased FSA benefit for adjuncts ● more support for Professional Development for adjuncts ● a Rose Hill parking discount for all members Our bargaining survey that members completed in the fall was clear: our main priority for bargaining is better compensation that keeps up with inflation and the cost of living in New York City. Full-Timers particularly need to see a significant raise in this CBA as their last raises were modest and were eaten up by increased health insurance costs and Music instructors have not seen a raise since our first contract. We made our case to the administration and they thanked us for providing a clear explanation of our compensation figures. “The most important and urgent issue is to fight for a significant salary increase. What we are currently paid is not enough to live in this city. The last raise wasn’t as significant as it may have seemed in percentage terms—it didn’t make a real difference in net pay for Lecturers. Meanwhile, the cost of living has continued to rise, and our salaries are falling further behind both in relation to the cost of living and compared to other universities in the city.” ~FFU Member It seems unfair to the students who pay full tuition, whether they have an adjunct or full-time faculty member teaching them that they are instructed by someone who’s being paid Less than 1/ 3 of what a full-time faculty member is paid. We could really devote more time to these students if we were paid proportionally.
April 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Tomorrow Wed 9 am at LC is our second bargaining session with Fordham admin. Sessions are OPEN TO ALL FFU MEMBERS.

Please join if you can, for as long or short you can. Attending the sessions helps us show our members' support, and it is a really instructive look on how bargaining works.
Attend Union Contract Negotiations! Wed., March 26, 9am-12:45pm Lowenstein South Lounge (inside Ram Café) FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED FACULTY FORWARD Want higher salary? Better benefits and job security? CBA bargaining is open to all FFU members - adjuncts, lecturers, & clinical faculty For upcoming bargaining dates, CBAs, and how to get involved, scan the QR or visit: fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This Wed we have our 2nd bargaining session!
Want higher salary? Better benefits and job security?
CBA bargaining is open to all FFU members - adjuncts, lecturers, & clinical faculty
For upcoming bargaining dates, CBAs, and how to get involved, scan the QR or visit: fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com
Attend Union Contract Negotiations! Wed., March 26, 9am-12:45pm Lowenstein South Lounge (inside Ram Café) FORDHAM FACULTY UNITED FACULTY FORWARD Want higher salary? Better benefits and job security? CBA bargaining is open to all FFU members - adjuncts, lecturers, & clinical faculty For upcoming bargaining dates, CBAs, and how to get involved, scan the QR or visit: fordhamfacultyunited@gmail.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM