UPDATE, February 17: Massive Protest of Wisconsin Workers, Government Grinds to a Halt What used to be the land of Russ Feingold is now the home of the most virulent anti-union governor in the US in decades. Speaking of Feingold, he just founded a new organization to fight corporate control of government. #wisconsin

February 1, 2011 UPDATE: It has been announced on Democracy Now that Brooklyn College has reversed its decision and rehired the professor. Good sense and academic freedom prevails! An adjunct professor at Brooklyn College was fired for his “pro-Palestinian” views. Academic Freedom watchdog group FIRE protests the president on his behalf. Here’s the link to the Brooklyn College case. The Pratt collective bargaining agreement between the administration and faculty contains a

TO: MEMBERS OF THE PRATT FACULTY UNION FROM: PRATT FACULTY UNION ELECTIONS COMMITTEE RE: ...

Dear UFCT Dues Paying Member: The date for the return of the nominations ballot for UFCT elections was this past Monday, November 29th....

At least fifty faculty attended the November 22 meeting. Kye Carbone reported that 210 petitions were delivered to the administration in support of obtaining a 50% buy-in for adjuncts’ health benefits, in addition to explaining the history of this issue (the joint union-administration committee on the Visiting status), and the gradual shrinking of the number of Visiting faculty vis a vis the Adjunct/Full-time status. Pratt’s faculty is currently composed of 130 FT, 325 Adju

Dear UFCT Member: I am pleased to announce that the UFCT has scheduled two General Membership Meetings for the fall 2010 semester. These meetings are open to all dues paying union members. [Agency fee payers are not permitted to attend!] Both meetings will be open forums dedicated to discussing our upcoming spring 2011 negotiations. The current 2007-2011 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is due to expire on August 31, 2011. We would like to call for negotiation

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Link to ARPT Forum Packet Fall 2010

Dear UFCT Member: Please find attached the ARPT packet that was distributed at the September 10th: ‘ARPT Forum.’ Fifty-two members attended representing sixteen of some twenty-one Pratt department/area(s). It was a great success! [The packet is posted underthe category ” ARPT Criteria and Documents,” at right]. For those who could not attend though, we discussed the tenets and provisions comprising Article XVI [CBA]: Appointment, Reappointments, Promotions and Tenure (which

The second annual ARPT (Committees on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure) forum will be held on September 10, 2010 from 10-2 at Anima, an Italian restaurant located at 458 Myrtle Avenue, between Waverly and Washington (on the south side of Myrtle). Please RSVP to Kye Carbone if you are planning to attend (the restaurant can hold approximately 75 people) at kyecarbone@gmail.com. We will discuss how the ARPT process has played itself out in the past in various d