CUA Faculty Union

08/01/2018

Fordham, Adjunct Union Link Landmark Union Agreement to Catholic Social Teaching July 31, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Uncategorized /by Clayton SinyaiThis July, Fordham adjunct faculty and other non-tenure track instructors ratified a landmark first contract. SEIU Local 200, which represents about 800....

05/01/2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/catholic-university-plans-to-cut-full-time-faculty-by-9-percent/2018/04/30/f824d0c2-4c82-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?utm_term=.860c1365ecdd

Proposal raises fears among some professors at the university, which has close ties to the Vatican.

02/05/2018

http://www.seiu.org/blog/2017/11/the-future-of-humanity-fundamentally-lies-in-the-hands-of-the-people-and-in-their-ability-to-organize

Pope Francis has repeatedly spoken out against corporate greed, and singles out unions as the solution to protecting vulnerable workers.

02/01/2018

http://catholiclabor.org/2018/01/us-bishops-no-to-janus-no-to-right-to-work/

US Bishops: No to Janus, No to “Right-to-Work” January 30, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured-One-Main, Uncategorized /by Clayton SinyaiIn the labor movement, all eyes are on the Supreme Court and Janus v. AFSCME, where a member of the union is arguing that paying “agency fees” to pay for its...

11/23/2017

10/05/2017

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/reunion-1

09/25/2017

When universities rely heavily on contingent labor, they do more than reduce their own bottom lines.

09/01/2017

http://catholiclabor.org/2017/08/2594/

St. Louis University, two NYC Catholic high schools join list of Catholic institutions with union employees August 30, 2017/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured-One-Main /by Clayton SinyaiCatholic institutions, such as hospitals, schools and social service providers, employ approximately 1 million American…

07/01/2017

Pope Francis spoke of the "prophetic" role unions must play in fighting injustice

http://catholiclabor.org/2017/06/pope-francis-addresses-italys-afl-cio/

05/31/2017

by Dan Edmonds Nearly three-quarters of American professors are contingent faculty. That's a problem for students. As a grad student instructor, I usually spent weeks designing courses about subjects I was passionate about. One semester, however, I was asked — with just a single day’s notice — to te...

01/17/2017

Millions of Americans rely on the coverage that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) guarantees. From lifting pre-existing condition restrictions to removing coverage caps or limits to preventative health care, the ACA has had a dramatic and positive impact on the lives of countless citizens. The Republica...

01/06/2017

Study suggests the funds institutions gain aren’t going to instruction.