1701 - Wright State University Faculty Strike : 20 days in 2019

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AAPT WM21 (2021)

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AAPT WM21 A1.8 Support for Unprotected Faculty and Teachers (2021)

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In January 2019, the Wright State University (WSU) faculty went on strike.  This became the second longest strike in US higher education history. In Fall 2018, the administration proposed a contrac...

In January 2019, the Wright State University (WSU) faculty went on strike.  This became the second longest strike in US higher education history. In Fall 2018, the administration proposed a contract that included suspending tenure protections, weakening job security for non-tenure track faculty, cancelling a workload agreement (which enabled quality classroom instruction), no raises, and eliminating the right to negotiate health care. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) WSU faculty voted and, with 94% responding, 85% authorized a strike. After 20 days, a tentative agreement was reached.  A new long-term contract was signed that reversed most of the negative terms and included maintaining the workload agreement, providing faculty raises, and maintaining the right to negotiate health care.  Faculty concessions included not having salaries restored for the interval of the strike and degraded health insurance. Since the strike there has been a high turnover in administrators, including the President.

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