{"id":15778,"date":"2019-03-29T18:13:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T22:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:52:24","slug":"mdc-adjunct-professors-approve-unionization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-adjunct-professors-approve-unionization\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Adjunct Professors Approve Unionization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College\u2019s adjunct professors approved the formation of a union today, creating the largest <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">single-school adjunct collective bargaining unit in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Juan Mendieta, director of communications at MDC, 41.6 percent (1,165 out of 2,800) of adjuncts voted. The vote was 587-573 in favor of the proposal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been working hard, putting in our blood sweat and tears so it\u2019s really amazing to see our hard work really pay off,\u201d said Shelley Dockery, an adjunct professor at Kendall Campus, who teaches in the School of Entertainment &amp; Design Technology. \u201cIt\u2019s a historical accomplishment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past two years, more than half\u2014or about 9,000\u2014of Florida\u2019s adjunct professors have joined a union or are organizing toward unionization, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seiu.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Service Employees International Union<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College is the sixth academic institution to successfully unionize, joining Valencia College, Seminole State College, Hillsborough Community College, Broward College and the University of South Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTheir voice was heard, and we\u2019d like to express our continuous support to our adjunct faculty as they transition into a new chapter with the SEIU,\u201d Mendieta said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjunct professors filed a request last August with Florida\u2019s Public Employees Relation Commission to start the unionization process. They worked alongside SEIU during their campaign. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Stacey Wadle, a Kendall Campus adjunct professor, said demands include:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to have more control over course material, gain access to better space to conduct office hours, more stable contracts and increased benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjunct professors work on a semester-to-semester basis. Their contracts are renewed at the end of each semester. They are not eligible to receive medical benefits from the College. According to Mendieta, adjunct professors at MDC make more than $2,400 per course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will have the option to join the union, but if they decline to pay fees, they will still receive benefits from any collective bargaining negotiated, according to SEIU officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A timeline has not been set for negotiations to begin and it\u2019s unclear what union fees will cost. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is a great victory for us,\u201d Dockery said. \u201cWe have a lot of brilliant educators and they need the right accommodations so that they can do the best they can to provide for their students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College\u2019s adjunct professors approved the formation of a union today, creating the largest single-school adjunct collective bargaining unit in the country. According to Juan Mendieta, director of communications at MDC, 41.6 percent (1,165 out of 2,800) of adjuncts voted. 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