Author Archives: Shawn Gilmore

NTFC Local #6546: Work Actions Lead to a Settled Contract

Posted on 05/27/2016 by Shawn Gilmore

For the last nineteen months, NTFC Local #6546, the union that represents about 500 non-tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, fought for our first contract. When we started bargaining, in October 2014, we heard from our colleagues … Continue reading →

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NTFC Local #6546: The Time for Action

Posted on 11/19/2015 by Shawn Gilmore

The end of October marked a change in the weather in Champaign-Urbana—a few days of rain and a change in temperature that brought Fall to town. And NTFC Local #6546, the union of non-tenure-track faculty (NTTs) at UIUC, was out … Continue reading →

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Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition Local #6546: Education First

Posted on 09/26/2015 by Shawn Gilmore

Shawn Gilmore President, NTFC Local #6546 In the September issue of The Public i, I introduced the revamped Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition (NTFC Local #6546), the union that represents more than 500 non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty on the UIUC campus. I noted … Continue reading →

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Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition Local #6546: Why a Union?

Posted on 09/03/2015 by Shawn Gilmore

A little over a year ago, a majority of the non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty on the UIUC campus authorized the formation of a union, the first certified faculty union on our campus. You might not know it, though, as our union, … Continue reading →

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