The Poverty Narrative Undercutting UD Education

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…

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On November 22, the AAUP-UD’s Executive Council voted unanimously to file a Step 3 Grievance with the administration concerning faculty 403(b) retirement contributions, and filed this grievance on November 25 through their legal counsel. The grievance was filed because the administration failed to match faculty retirement contributions for the 2018 $1,500 lump sum payment as…