June 2019 Newsletter

In mid-November, faculty members received notice that their investment options within their TIAA accounts would be changing significantly within several weeks’ time. The AAUP-UD had received no advance notice of these changes and was offered no additional information about them. As a result, the AAUP-UD leadership called for a meeting with UD administration, which was…

AAUP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION The University of Delaware’s Board of Trustees has become increasingly engaged in shaping decision making on vital academic issues at our university.  During the recently concluded contract negotiations with the AAUP, which lasted more than…

On October 28, approximately thirty 30 faculty members, including several members of the AAUP-UD’s Executive Council and Steering Committee, gathered to discuss possible issues on which to focus during collective bargaining negotiations in the 2020-21 academic year. AAUP-UD President Deni Galileo expressed the chapter’s commitment to protecting faculty salary and benefits. Regarding health insurance, in…