To deal responsibly with this crisis, we are demanding that the administration demonstrate its priorities by investing in education, not austerity. As we move forward, we need to ensure that Temple University continues to provide the high quality of education our students expect, and that it invests in working conditions that we need and deserve. Our latest contract campaign proved that collective action is going to be the only way to move the administration to preserve the educational quality of Temple University.
Sign the petition to support TAUPs list of demands
What we’re Demanding:
- Temple must use some of its $340 million + reserves to absorb at least part of the deficit.
- No layoffs or furloughs for members of TAUP’s Bargaining Unit.
- Support faculty who have gone above and beyond to support students through the spring semester by:
- Providing one-year contract extensions for Non-Tenure Track faculty up for renewal in addition to the contractually required minimums.
- Creating a priority pool in the Fall of 2020 and the Spring of 2021 for adjuncts who have taught this term, giving them the right of first refusal for available classes, with no loss of union eligibility for missed semesters in academic year 2020-21.
- Maintaining course caps at 2019-20 levels.
- Not cancelling course sections that reach 50% enrollment or are required by students’ majors or degree programs.
We also call on Temple to:
- Compensate faculty for the exceptional amount of labor involved in converting to online instruction this term.
- Offer childcare/eldercare to faculty and staff who need it to perform their job during the pandemic.
- Ensure that faculty retain intellectual property rights to the course materials they have created and put online.
In Solidarity,
Steve Newman, President
Leanne Finnigan, Vice President
Norma Corrales-Martin, Treasurer