FROM:   Gretchen E. Knapp gknapp@mchsi.com

TO:          WORKPLACE

DATE:      Sunday - May 25, 2003 11:59 AM

RE:         Victory for Illinois State U's Nontenure-track Faculty Union
 
 

Illinois State University Nontenure-track Faculty Vote "Yes" for Union

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Nontenure-track faculty voted 131 to 79 on April 23, 2003 to be represented
by the Illinois State University Nontenure Track Faculty Association- 
IEA/NEA.  Voter turnout was 70% of the 300-plus eligible voters.  The ISU 
NTTFA began organizing one year ago, and filed cards in October 2002, 
expecting a November election.  The administration delayed the vote through 
hearings which lasted into February, but lost its attempt to disenfranchise 
85% of the nontenure-track faculty on every count.  The bargaining unit 
includes full-time and part-time nontenure-track faculty, including those 
with dual contracts (i.e. civil service, faculty associates or lab school 
teachers, and administrative professionals).  Emeriti 
(tenured/tenure-track) faculty are excluded.

Jane Buck. Ph.D., National President of the American Association of 
University Professors commented, "Congratulations to the Illinois State 
University Nontenure Track Faculty Association- IEA/NEA. on its stunning 
certification vote."   Sandra Flood of Northern Illinois University's 
adjunct association and David Radavitch of Eastern Illinois University's 
union (UPI/AFT) also sent their congratulations.

Nontenure-track faculty at Northern Illinois University, Eastern Illinois 
University, and Western Illinois University have been organized for over a 
decade.  ISU's NTTs make up 40% of the total faculty, and teach over 1/3 of 
all classes.  For more information on the campaign, go to ntt.pabn.org.
 

FOR EVEN MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Gretchen Knapp, Ph.D.
ISU NTTFA-IEA/NEA Organizing Committee
gknapp@mchsi.com