Barnard President Debora Spar sent an email to the community this evening informing them of the details of the contact made between Barnard College and the contingent faculty union, BCF-UAW 2110. This announcement follows an email sent on Thursday informing students that an agreement had been made while not supplying details. The announcement of the agreement […]

What’s the deal with Barnard’s contingent faculty? What is contingent faculty? What was the strike threat all about? Bwog staffer Sarah Dahl got a chance to hear from one of the union organizers last night, and is here to write about it. The following reflects her own opinions. “The College has consistently maneuvered legal delays and stalled negotiations […]

It’s 3am, and while it doesn’t look like we’ll be receiving a message from bae tonight, we did receive a message from… DSpar? But she has good news– apparently a *tentative* agreement has been made on a contract for contingent faculty. She doesn’t share too much, just that it “[offers] generous increases in both wages […]