Email Updates
Respect our votes: Bargain now!
Yesterday, a delegation of non-tenure-track faculty and our allies delivered a letter signed by over 270 active union supporters in schools across USC to President Kim urging him to respect the results of our historic union election and bargain with us. Faculty are...
Community Support for United Faculty: Cast your ballot today!
We are coming up on the end of our election! If you haven’t voted yet, we encourage you to send in your ballot as soon as possible, and to vote yes. Across schools and titles, we’re voting yes because together, we have the power to make changes we can’t make alone,...
More time to vote! Why faculty across USC are voting yes
Voting has been extended in our historic union election! Ballots must now be received by the NLRB by Monday, June 1st, at 5:00 PM. For those still considering how to vote, check out this short video from faculty across schools and titles at USC about why we’re voting...
Important update: Extended vote period
Important update! Voting has been extended in our historic union election. We encourage all eligible faculty to make an informed decision and vote. See below for more information on the new details. Ballots must be received by the NLRB by Monday, June 1st (extended...
A Glaring Omission in the Provost’s Email About NYU’s Contract
Due to a major omission of facts in the latest Provost email, we – as people who think facts matter – feel compelled to offer clarifying information. Yesterday’s email from the Provost included a major distortion of the “reality” of NYU full-time faculty’s contract....
Got your ballot? Plus, our new op-ed!
We’re excited to share a new op-ed in the Morning, Trojan about how “a faculty union can advance all of our priorities.” Written by faculty colleagues on our organizing committee, it includes useful information about the administration's ongoing campaign against...
Information over speculation: What voting yes for our union means
Most of us have received our ballots! With the opportunity to vote upon us, we want to reiterate what it means to vote yes and share some useful information. Voting “yes” means USC would, for the first time ever, have a legal obligation to negotiate with us over our...
Voting Yes for the Voice We Deserve
We’re excited that ballots for our historic NLRB election have started to arrive. We are proud of the unprecedented conversation taking place about faculty voice and the critical role we play in advancing the core mission of our great university through our teaching,...
How bargaining really works: Notes from our NYU colleagues
Ballots go out today! More and more of us are getting excited to seize this historic opportunity to secure a stronger faculty voice at USC by voting YES. We held another lively town hall yesterday where we walked through a recent example of how collective bargaining...
Op-ed: A union could strengthen – not replace – faculty governance at USC
As more and more of our faculty colleagues share why they’re planning to vote yes, we wanted to share an op-ed published in the Daily Trojan from several of us who have served for decades in the Academic Senate about why we support forming a union. Read the op-ed...