NMU-AAUP Faculty Deserve Respect and a Fair Contract
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Amy Hickey, Class of 2009
11 years ago
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As an NMU alumna, I stand in solidarity with the faculty union. During my time at NMU, I knew that my professors were going above and beyond the call of duty to provide me with the knowledge and skills I needed to succeed after graduation. I knew that they did it for less money than they deserved. I knew they did it with less support than they deserved. It's time for the administration to acknowledge the exceptional work that the NMU faculty does and give them a fair contract.
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David Kronk
11 years ago
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A counter offer should be made to administration to cut their pay and benefits at twice the rate they proposed for faculty.
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Mike Hudson
11 years ago
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Stop padding the admin budget while the people actually teaching the classes get squeezed. Faculty work way too hard for this nonsense treatment.
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Claudia Hart
11 years ago
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Interesting how money is ALWAYS available to pay for administrators who have 'stepped down,' but are still on the payroll for 'special projects.'
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Josh Thompson
11 years ago
NMU professors deserve a fair contract!
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Barbara Rhyneer
11 years ago
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We are professionals, we are committed; We want to increase enrollment and especially the QUALITY of the education that our students recieve. Our time, and our moral, are already suffering, we need the financial support of a GOOD contract.
Are administrators taking the same cut to their retirement as what is proposed in our contract?
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Martin Reinhardt
11 years ago
I have been a faculty member in Native American Studies at NMU since 2010, and it has been one of the most rewarding experience in my life thus far. Prior to being part of the faculty, I had the privilege of also serving as the director of the Center for Native American Studies. This mixed faculty and administrative experience provides me with a healthy perspective on the relationship between these two groups. In Anishinaabe Ojibway culture, we are taught that we must live in balance with the world around us. Education is for life’s sake, and the good life is only attainable by living in harmony with the other beings with whom we share existence. There are forces at play on our campus that are leading us down a path of discord and disharmony. While some of these forces are new, some are rooted in the foundation of our University. It is important that we understand current issues against a backdrop of history so we can see how current and historical events are related. NMU was founded during a time when my ancestors were being disenfranchised from our traditional homelands. NMU’s complicity in the exploitation of Anishinaabe lands by non-Native peoples and the subsequent subordination of our way of life remains to be accounted for. Multiple generations have been party to educational interactions on our campus since its founding. Some have witnessed the worst and best types of behaviors that we as humans exhibit toward one another and other beings. In our generation, we are witnessing “a radical defunding of state institutions of higher education” according to Julie Schmid who serves as the executive director for the AAUP. Schmid explains that this defunding comes with stagnation of faculty salaries, increased tuition, and overuse of contingent and adjunct faculty. We are also seeing more and more attacks on academic freedom and collective bargaining." All of which are clearly happening at NMU. AAUP president Rudy Fichtenbaum asserts that faculty unions are
As an NMU alumna, I stand in solidarity with the faculty union. During my time at NMU, I knew that my professors were going above and beyond the call of duty to provide me with the knowledge and skills I needed to succeed after graduation. I knew that they did it for less money than they deserved. I knew they did it with less support than they deserved. It's time for the administration to acknowledge the exceptional work that the NMU faculty does and give them a fair contract.
A counter offer should be made to administration to cut their pay and benefits at twice the rate they proposed for faculty.
Stop padding the admin budget while the people actually teaching the classes get squeezed. Faculty work way too hard for this nonsense treatment.
Interesting how money is ALWAYS available to pay for administrators who have 'stepped down,' but are still on the payroll for 'special projects.'
NMU professors deserve a fair contract!
We are professionals, we are committed; We want to increase enrollment and especially the QUALITY of the education that our students recieve. Our time, and our moral, are already suffering, we need the financial support of a GOOD contract.
Fairness and respect! In solidarity.
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NMU AAUP Faculty Deserve a Fair Contract!
Are administrators taking the same cut to their retirement as what is proposed in our contract?
I have been a faculty member in Native American Studies at NMU since 2010, and it has been one of the most rewarding experience in my life thus far. Prior to being part of the faculty, I had the privilege of also serving as the director of the Center for Native American Studies. This mixed faculty and administrative experience provides me with a healthy perspective on the relationship between these two groups. In Anishinaabe Ojibway culture, we are taught that we must live in balance with the world around us. Education is for life’s sake, and the good life is only attainable by living in harmony with the other beings with whom we share existence. There are forces at play on our campus that are leading us down a path of discord and disharmony. While some of these forces are new, some are rooted in the foundation of our University. It is important that we understand current issues against a backdrop of history so we can see how current and historical events are related. NMU was founded during a time when my ancestors were being disenfranchised from our traditional homelands. NMU’s complicity in the exploitation of Anishinaabe lands by non-Native peoples and the subsequent subordination of our way of life remains to be accounted for. Multiple generations have been party to educational interactions on our campus since its founding. Some have witnessed the worst and best types of behaviors that we as humans exhibit toward one another and other beings. In our generation, we are witnessing “a radical defunding of state institutions of higher education” according to Julie Schmid who serves as the executive director for the AAUP. Schmid explains that this defunding comes with stagnation of faculty salaries, increased tuition, and overuse of contingent and adjunct faculty. We are also seeing more and more attacks on academic freedom and collective bargaining." All of which are clearly happening at NMU. AAUP president Rudy Fichtenbaum asserts that faculty unions are
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