Tag: academic freedom
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Bargaining Update #2: Progress Made Despite Employer’s Shameless Attack

On Tuesday, April 16th, the FAMCO bargaining team held our fourth negotiating session with the MU administration, lasting 8 hours. Present for the administration’s team, but largely inactive during the session, were Interim Provost Rich Veit, Associate Provost Susan Gupta, VP Christine Benol, VP Joseph Pingitore, VP Jim Pillar, HR Director Kathy Stein, and MU General Charlene…
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Monmouth University Students Share What They Want from Bargaining

Students and members of the Monmouth University Social Justice club shared their concerns about the University with Faculty at the April 10th FAMCO Meeting on Campus. Student’s learning conditions are faculty working conditions, and students have a vested interest in things the bargaining process deals with, particularly in the areas of: Money: Tuition keeps going…
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FAMCO in the News Again
The Outlook, Monmouth University’s student-run newspaper, has another great piece out today, this time on the Faculty Association of Monmouth University (FAMCO) leading the charge towards securing a fair and equitable new contract that recognizes the invaluable contributions of its faculty and underscores the symbiotic relationship between educators’ working conditions and student learning outcomes. This…
