In mid-December, the united part-time faculty at Calbright College went public with their intent to unionize and join the Calbright Faculty Association (CFA) to fight for job stability, fair working conditions, equitable pay and benefits, meaningful inclusion in decision-making processes, and professional growth opportunities.

About 80 percent of part-time faculty submitted commitment cards to join the union, adding their names to their organizing committee’s letter asserting their right to unionize and expressing their hope that being included as partners in student success will make Calbright College even better.

The addition of currently unrepresented part-time faculty more than doubles the current size of CFA, and brings all education workers at Calbright College into one collective bargaining unit. Part-time inclusion into the full-time faculty contract will be a subject of bargaining immediately, beginning this January.