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AN APPEAL TO THE CITY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ~~
FACULTY, STUDENTS AND PARENTS

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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IS AN EXPLOITER OF LABOR --
YOUR TEACHERS QUALIFY FOR WELFARE

An unscrupulous City University administration has introduce

sweatshop wages for teachers to obtain cheap labor for the open

enrollment program.

ies e United Federation of College Teachees signed a contract

with the Board of Higher Education for lecturers with the clear

understanding that the kmeaxk basic teaching of opefn enrollment

students would be carried out by highly motivated teachers who ¥6
would be hired on a full-time basis. These £€ Lecturers (Full-

Time) would be paid mm an annual salary and receive the same

vacations and other fringe benefits to which the other members

of the instructional staff are entitled.

The UFCT contract also estatilished an hourly pay schedule for
part-time teachers who were to be called Adjuncts. These teachers
generally were to teach one or two courses in the Evening

Divisions. In most cases they have full-time employment elsewhere.

&The City University administration has now utilized the

adjunct title to hire teachers on a 10 hour basis instead of a
12 hour basis ‘which would constitute a‘ full workload and entitle

the teachers to an annual salary and full benefits.

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This is sheer exploitation. A Lecturer (Full-Time) on a
12 hour basis would receive a starting salary of $11,950 and

all benefits.

Teachers hired on a 10 hour basis are receiving $4800

a year and have no benefits!

These are highly qualified teachers and this represents

their only source of income.

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mw The UFCT contract established five adjunct titles:
Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor, Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Instructor and Adjunct
Lecturer. Under the old system all hourly paid teachers
Were called lecturers regardless of length of service, hourly

pay or qualifications.

The UFCT agreed to a conversion schedule by which the

former hourly salary became the basis for the conversion to

eet ; he new title This has not keen honored. Instead, all
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im oy hourly paid lecturers regardless of length of service or teaching

ability have been converted to the title of Adjunct Lecturer if
they lacked the PH.D. degree. This is a clear violation of our

goo eas. are the iC aga nae .

The union and the BHE also agreed that § ach lect
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receive a minimum increase of $2.00 per Be The City meet)

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has now issued new contract containing salary decreases! This
in a period of intense inflation.
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The UFCT contract established tenure for Lecturers (Full-
Time ) ener five years of satisfactory service. It provides
for job security during the five year period. It provides for

annual appointments.

The Instructor title is covered by the contract of the
Legislative Conference and under its contract the Instructor

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line is non—tenured x, there is no job security and no annual

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The “The City University at many of its units is converting
large numbers of Lecturers to Instructors to deprive them of
the protections afforded them by the UFCT contract. This is

union busting pure and simple,

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The UFCT contract established a two step grievance
procedure ending with binding outside arbitration. The first
step is the College President level. The second step is the
Chancellor's level. These SI take procedures are farcical.

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of enlightened labor relations.