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    The Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW Local 2110 union reached a tentative agreement on its first contract with Barnard College. The contract raises wages substantially for adjunct and term faculty, including raising the minimum per course rate for adjuncts to $7,000 initially and to $10,000 by the end of the 5-year agreement. The contract also provides health insurance benefits for adjunct faculty and improves job security with multi-year appointments and separation pay. The agreement was reached after a year of bargaining and the threat of a potential strike in February 2017, and still needs to be ratified by union members in early March.

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    The Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW Local 2110 union reached a tentative agreement on its first contract with Barnard College. The contract raises wages substantially for adjunct and term faculty, including raising the minimum per course rate for adjuncts to $7,000 initially and to $10,000 by the end of the 5-year agreement. The contract also provides health insurance benefits for adjunct faculty and improves job security with multi-year appointments and separation pay. The agreement was reached after a year of bargaining and the threat of a potential strike in February 2017, and still needs to be ratified by union members in early March.

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    The Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW Local 2110 union reached a tentative agreement on its first contract with Barnard College. The contract raises wages substantially for adjunct and term faculty, including raising the minimum per course rate for adjuncts to $7,000 initially and to $10,000 by the end of the 5-year agreement. The contract also provides health insurance benefits for adjunct faculty and improves job security with multi-year appointments and separation pay. The agreement was reached after a year of bargaining and the threat of a potential strike in February 2017, and still needs to be ratified by union members in early March.

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    February 18, 2017 CONTACTS: Maida Rosenstein, President

    UAW Local 2110


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE maidarosenstein@2110uaw.org 212-387-0220

    Siobhan Burke, Barnard College Class of 2008


    Adjunct Lecturer, Dance, Barnard College
    sburke28@gmail.com

    BARNARD CONTINGENT FACULTY UNION REACHES


    TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON FIRST CONTRACT
    Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW Local 2110 (BCF-UAW) has reached a tentative agreement on its first
    contract with Barnard College. The agreement was reached on Thursday, Feb. 16, at approximately 2:30
    a.m., after a year of collective bargaining between the two parties.

    The contract raises wages substantially, moving the per course rate for adjunct faculty to $7,000, rising to
    $10,000 over the life of the five-year agreement, which will, in many cases, nearly double what part-time
    faculty earn. The contract also establishes higher minimum rates for full-time term faculty who will earn at
    least $60,000 starting in July of this year and will move to a minimum of $70,000 by 2021. The contract
    establishes medical, dental, and vision benefits for adjunct faculty who previously were not eligible for any
    health care from the College.

    The agreement also improves job security for adjuncts, who have historically been appointed from
    semester to semester with no assurance of re-appointment. It includes provisions for multi-year
    appointments, separation pay for non-reappointment, course cancellation fees, professional development
    funds, and sabbatical leave.

    This agreement is a huge step forward for contingent faculty at Barnard and beyond, said
    Siobhan Burke, a Barnard alumna and adjunct lecturer in the Dance Department. Adjunct
    and term faculty are the majority of faculty at Barnard, and we deserve wages, benefits, and job
    security that honor our commitment to teaching. This contract grants us that hard-earned
    recognition. It is only right that a womens college, which champions womens leadership and
    social justice, should join the national movement in higher education to create more equitable,
    sustainable working conditions for contingent faculty. We are proud to be part of that movement.

    The bargaining unit consists of approximately 200 faculty members each semester. The first bargaining
    session between BCF-UAW and the Barnard administration took place on February 19, 2016. The pace of
    negotiations in the months that followed was slow, prompting a strike authorization vote in late November
    and early December, in which 89% of voters authorized the bargaining committee to set a strike deadline.

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    On January 23, 2017, after several more bargaining sessions, the union announced a strike deadline of
    February 21.

    After we set the strike deadline, the bargaining moved much faster, said bargaining committee
    member Todd Rouhe, an adjunct in the Architecture Department who has taught at Barnard
    for 15 years. When we showed that we were ready to strike if necessary, the administration finally
    made an acceptable proposal that resulted in a settlement.

    Throughout the months of bargaining, the union campaign gained momentum with growing support from
    campus and community allies. Barnard students staged campus demonstrations, wrote articles for the
    Columbia Daily Spectator, and even designed a zine about the history of labor organizing at the college.
    Over 800 alumnae petitioned Barnards President and Provost, urging them to settle the contract. Members
    of Barnards unionized clerical workforce, also represented by UAW Local 2110, joined demonstrations and
    threatened a solidarity walk-out. New York elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, weighed in
    urging a settlement. High-profile guests at the colleges 2017 Athena Film Festival Dolores Huerta, a
    founder of the National Farmworkers Association, and playwright Eve Ensler made their support of the
    union public. The Barnard/Columbia student group Student-Worker Solidarity contributed to many of these
    efforts. The union used social media extensively, posting regularly on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

    A vote to formally ratify the contract will be held in early March.

    Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW Local 2110 (BCF-UAW) is a union for part-time and full-time
    contingent faculty at Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women affiliated with Columbia University,
    in New York City. It was formed in October 2015.

    UAW Local 2110 is an amalgamated local of the United Auto Workers, based in New York City, covering
    over two dozen workplaces, including units at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York University,
    Teachers College, and the Museum of Modern Art.

    The Barnard/Columbia student group Student-Worker Solidarity held a rally on Feb. 16 to celebrate
    BCF-UAWs tentative agreement on a first contract. Photo by Corinne Singer.

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    The Barnard/Columbia student group Student-Worker Solidarity held a rally on Feb. 16 to celebrate
    BCF-UAWs tentative agreement on a first contract. Photo by Corinne Singer.

    Members of the BCF-UAW bargaining committee spoke at a celebratory rally led by the Barnard/Columbia
    student group Student-Worker Solidarity on Feb. 16. Photo by Corinne Singer.

    More photos available upon request.

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