Do Unions Help Adjuncts?

We analyzed collective-bargaining agreements ratified between 2010 and 2016 at 35 colleges and universities. Adjunct faculty won salary increases at every institution we looked at. A 2018 survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources shows that U.S. faculty members this year are earning only 1.7 percent more than last year, a figure that is below the current rate of inflation. Unionized faculty have negotiated steady increases that are significantly higher, and some of the steepest gains have come from unions formed within the last few years.

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by Kristen Edwards, The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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