Strike Tag

With a tentative five-year contract reached with the ACT-UAW Local 7902, the Recent School resumed in-person classes but now students have a couple of grievances. The union representing part-time faculty ended their monthlong strike — the longest one amongst adjunct faculty within the U.S. — over the weekend. Union leadership is anticipated to recommend the brand new agreement, which protects health care advantages and ensures that part-time faculty are paid for added work that is finished outside of the classroom. There are about 2,600 Recent School employees represented by the union and 1,789 of them are part-time faculty which are teaching fall semester classes. Parsons has 932 part-time faculty members, but school officials don't break out faculty numbers per school. Minimum hourly rates...