Link Roundup – 15 April

Maryland lawmakers pass bill allowing nontenure track faculty to unionize (April 10)

Maryland lawmakers pass bill allowing nontenure track faculty to unionize

Maryland lawmakers pass bill granting some college professors union rights (April 9)

topics: Maryland, universities, non-tenure track faculty, unions, bills, University System of Maryland

Maryland lawmakers pass bill granting graduate assistants unionization rights (April 14)

University Senate votes in support of graduate student unionization (April 10)

University Senate votes in support of graduate student unionization

Maryland grad students could finally win union rights. They aren’t celebrating. (April 2)

topics: Maryland, graduate students, unions, bills, GLU, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University System of Maryland

UMD Vice President of Belonging Georgina Dodge to retire on Independence Day (April 9)

UMD Vice President of Belonging Georgina Dodge to retire on Independence Day

topics: local, academic administrators, Office of Belonging & Community, University of Maryland College Park

Discontent Among Mason Faculty: Adjunct professors and graduate assistants speak out against university treatment (April 12)

topics: regional, universities, faculty, graduate students, bills, AAUP, George Mason University

AU Staff Union fights back against retirement match reductions (April 9)

topics: regional, universities, unions, collective action, AU Staff Union, American University

Hampshire College closure leaves students, alumni heartbroken (April 14)

topics: national, universities, Hampshire College

Black journalists speak out against alleged retaliation and discrimination at WJZ (April 7)

topics: Maryland, Baltimore Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Black Journalists, WJZ-TV, CBS News, workplace safety, WJZ Accountability Coalition

Ex-workers from the Hampden MOM’s Organic Market decry pay discrimination (April 9)

topics: Maryland, unions, compensation, MOM’s Organic Market

Georgetown Cat Cafe Reopens After Union Drive (April 6)

topics: regional, unions, cat cafes

USPS temporarily stops pension payments amid cash ‘crisis’ (April 9)

topics: national, federal workers, compensation, United States Postal Service

Last-minute deal averts Los Angeles schools strike (April 14)

topics: national, unions, strikes, United Teachers Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

Thousands of N.Y.C. Doormen Seeking Better Pay Are Set to Vote on Strike (April 15)

topics: national, unions, strikes, Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union