Elon University has agreed to “negotiate in good faith” with a union of its adjunct faculty following a Feb. 19 vote by the National Labor Relations Board to recognize non-tenured faculty’s right to collectively bargain.
“In light of the NLRB decision, we have determined the best path at this time is to forego legal challenges and bargain in good faith with the union,” Provost Aswani Volety recently wrote in an official statement. “Elon remains committed to its values of respect, transparency and collegiality, and to the preservation of the university’s unique system of shared governance.”
In its own statement, the Elon Faculty Union said the next step was to ask for input from all adjunct and contingent faculty about what they want to see in the union’s first contract with the university through surveys and information sessions and then meet with the university administration to negotiate a collective-bargaining agreement.