Agenda:

1. Special information for new faculty
2. Answer contractual questions from new (or longtime) department chairs or DEC members
3. Discussion of Campus Equity Week—raising awareness of part-time faculty work

Full-time and Part-time faculty welcome. We’ll provide refreshments, you provide the questions.  Room 202 is the upstairs conference room, to the left as you walk out of the elevator. v

What is the AAUP?

AAUP stands for American Association of University Professors.  For those of you who are new (and others who may have forgotten), we are both:
 

1. The collective bargaining agent that negotiates the working conditions of part-time and full-time teaching faculty, librarians, counselors, coaches and athletic trainers.  We are a chapter of the Connecticut State University - AAUP bargaining unit.

2. The professional organization that works to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.

The AAUP executive committee is available to help answer your questions about the contract and working conditions.  Let us know if something’s on your mind.  We can usually help. v
 

Clip and save this for the next time you have questions or need assistance.  Please feel free to contact us.  We are your colleagues, and we commit our time and skills to represent you. v
 
 

Welcome New Faculty

We extend a warm welcome to our new colleagues.  Let us know if we can help:

Marc Bourque, Athletics
Kathleen Brady, English
Daryle Brown, Nursing
Marjorie Callaghan, Music
Jeanne Christie, Communications & Theatre Arts
Lynda Dayley, Philosophy & Humanistic Studies
Mary Dever, Foreign Languages & Literature
Edward Duncanson, Education & Educational Psychology
Robert Grosso, Chemistry
John Hudleson, Communications & Theatre Arts
Samuel Lightwood, Mathematics
Renate Ludanyi, Foreign Languages & Literature
Maureen Maguire, English
Michael Malin, Chemistry
Bruce Marien, Chemistry
Pamela McDaniel, Communications & Theatre Arts
Karen Meers, Communications & Theatre Arts
Michael Nolan, History & Non Western Culture
Jonathan Pohl, Counseling Center
Rita Reynolds, History
Nancy Seaman, Psychology
Leah Siedner, Biology & Environment Science 
Ada Silverstein, Education & Educational Psychology
David Skora, Art
Katrina Smith, Counseling Center
Michael Wilson, Education & Educational Psychology v

Ensuring Your Rights

Of course, we hope this never happens, but what if management (a dean, vice president, etc.) calls you to a meeting that you are concerned will result in disciplinary action against you?  Federal law protects you with “Weingarten Rights.”  As a member of a collective bargaining agency you have the right to union representation with you when you believe a meeting with management may result in a negative action towards you.  All you have to do is invoke your Weingarten Rights, and contact a member of the executive committee (details are on our web page: www.wcsu.edu/aaup).

Some faculty may fear an escalation of the issue if the union is summoned, but our administration is used to working with the union on these issues.  Moreover, it is often a good idea to have a second set of ears hearing what is said to you under potentially stressful circumstances.  If you have a representative with you, we can help ensure that you are treated fairly in the process. KW v
 
 

Campus Equity Week

October 28 - 31, 2003

"A teacher's working conditions are a student's learning conditions."

The AAUP is part of a nationwide coalition working to publicize the overuse of contingent faculty and its impact on the future of the profession and the quality of higher education. The AAUP National Council has endorsed Campus Equity Week to focus attention on the growing degree of contingency among faculty and other university employees.

This October there will be a week of coordinated activities on campuses in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Campus Equity Week (CEW) is designed to educate our campus communities, the public and policymakers.

Please come to the chapter meeting September 24 with ideas about raising campus and community awareness.  Currently, we are planning to have a table set up in the student center for at least part of that week to let everyone know about the conditions on our campus.  Let us know if you are willing to staff this table!  All full- and part-time faculty input is welcome.  KW v
 
 

Thinking of Serving the AAUP & Your Colleagues?

During the year AAUP sends faculty to training workshops on Higher Education issues.  If you are interested, let Katy Wiss know. (Contact info on front page). v