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Dear Colleagues: please check your personal email for an invitation from your unit officers!

Point Park faculty approve first-ever union contract

We voted 96-6 in favor of the union contract. It's time to celebrate!
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http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2017/08/28/Point-Park-university-pittsburgh-faculty-contract-union-vote/stories/201708290007

post-gazette.com With 94 percent approval, about 140 full-time faculty at the Downtown university will receive raises and better workload provisions.

KDKA is reporting we are voting on the proposed contract tomorrow. That is incorrect. We DISCUSS tomorrow. We VOTE Monday.

If you have a question about your proposed contract, please bring them to the Friday's Q&A. They cannot effectively be answered via email. Many thanks!

Please thank your union reps and negotiators when you see them. They worked tirelessly to get us to the proposed contract.

L to R: Joe Pass, Bill Purcell, Mike Fuoco, Bob Ross, Karen Dwyer, and John Rice.

13 years after vote to unionize, Point Park faculty, university reach tentative contract agreement

Thank you to every single person who supported our union efforts. A special thanks to students, alumni, and the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers (AFA-USW). This is your victory, too!

Let's get back to what matters...

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2017/08/23/Point-Park-University-Newspaper-Guild-140-full-time-faculty-vote-union-contract/stories/201708230401

post-gazette.com About 140 faculty members at the Downtown school are scheduled to vote on the tentative proposal on Friday.

14 Years After Voting To Unionize, Point Park Faculty Have First Tentative Contract Agreement

If you have any questions about the proposed union contract, please come to the Q & A session at 10:30am on the 1st floor in the Steelworkers Building**, 60 Blvd of Allies. There is an information desk in front if you need assistance finding the room. **If the location changes, we will post it to every possible media outlet.

Please read the proposed contract thoroughly so you know your rights.

http://wesa.fm/post/14-years-after-voting-unionize-point-park-faculty-have-first-tentative-contract-agreement /0

wesa.fm The faculty of Point Park University have reached a tentative agreement for their first ever union contract. Faculty voted to join the Communication

DEVELOPING: Full-time faculty union reaches contract agreement

Dear Colleagues, keep your eyes on your email for an important document from your contract negotiators!

https://ppuglobe.com/2017/08/point-park-full-time-faculty-union-reaches-agreement/

ppuglobe.com This is a developing story. Please check back for the latest information. After 18 months of negotiation and 11 years’ worth of legal battles for recognition, Point Park University and its full-time faculty have agreed to preliminary terms of their first collective bargaining agreement. Faculty memb...

Today is our best chance to advocate for our students,
Today is our best chance to advocate for ourselves,
Today is our best chance to advocate for the university.

Join us for a Union Q&A after the Faculty Assembly Meeting today!

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Point Park Faculty Want to Continue to Provide a High Quality Education to Our Students. We Hope the University Does Too.

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Paying faculty a fair wage at parity is “more money than we wish to spend." Please see your email for more updates on today's negotiations.

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The gauntlet has been thrown. Do whatever you can to come to tomorrow's meetings beginning at 2pm in GRW Theater. Stand with your union colleagues!

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The takeaway from today's negotiation meeting: faculty "are not a worthwhile investment."

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Let your faculty negotiation team know you support them in tomorrow's collective bargaining session!

From The President: I Want to Be a Member of a Faculty Union Because… | AAUP

Dear Colleagues: please make your best effort to be at Wednesday's meetings. This is our future:

"The faculty must be organized to advocate for its professional values, principles, and responsibilities, including its support for student rights":

https://www.aaup.org/article/president-i-want-be-member-faculty-union-because… #.WZ8gWq3MzUo

aaup.org President Cary Nelson's column

"A university that pays faculty at parity demonstrates a commitment to the quality of the academic mission...."-Point Park Faculty negotiators

Check your personal email accounts to read more about updates from this week's union contract negotiation sessions.

See you Wednesday at 2pm in the GRW Theater!

An email update was sent this morning. Stay tuned for more after today's negotiation session.

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Dear colleagues: stay tuned today for an email message!

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Excellent union meeting last night. Thanks to all who came! Stay tuned in for an update on today's negotiations.

Good luck to our negotiators today!

Rick

Totally agreed!

Very informative meeting this afternoon re: negotiations. Bottom line: Our entire faculty must stand together and let the administration hear our collective voice that we will no longer accept below parity salaries and workload. We must stand behind our negotiating committee. Please get the word out to all our colleagues to attend the important meeting on the 23rd. Show the administration that we stand in unity.

If you have any questions regarding the union negotiations or the bargaining process, please come to the meeting tomorrow (Mon. Aug. 14) at 5:30pm in the Lawrence Hall Lobby.

Students Support Faculty Labor Union

Lauren Gerlowski posted a Students' Letter Supporting the Faculty Union

docs.google.com An open letter to my peers at Point Park University: Many of us have had at least one professor, if not more, that have changed our lives. One professor that has kindled a passion to learn, introduced a new way of thinking about a topic, or opened a window full of opportunities. We’ve all had them:…

Union Meeting Monday, Aug. 14: Lawrence Hall Lobby at 5:30pm to meet with any interested parties in the faculty to answer questions and discuss any ongoing issues pertaining to the collective bargaining process. Please come if you can!

Dear Colleagues: please check your email or our website: pointparkfaculty.com, for a union response to the Provost's recent communications.

For more information about what happens as a union moves through the bargaining process, check out this source:

http://workrightspress.com/nocontract.html

workrightspress.com

Another Point Park bargaining session scheduled for Mon. Aug 14. Support your faculty union negotiators!