NFM Chicago Chapter Meeting: Sat Feb 16,

…Got chapter? Want one? Tell us about it. Calling all Chicago area PTF, contingent faculty, precarious knowledge workers, Curtis Keyes, Jr (curtis.keyes@newfacultymajority.info) writes...

Hello NFM Chicago Colleagues,

I hope the new year is off to a good start for all of you. Based on the majority response, we will meet on Saturday, Feburary 16 at 6-8 at Rock Bottom Restaurant at 1 West Grand Ave on the corner of State Street and Grand in the Loop. We will pull tables together, order appetizers and meet.

NLRB issues another complaint against @EWUChicago

…we call for a letter writing campaign & your support for United Adjunct Association at EWU and Curtis Keyes, our Chicago board member, chapter organizer and determined organizer... blogged about here for his determined struggle, first to organize EWU adjunct faculty and since then to gain EWU's acceptance of the union. Yet again, EWU is trying to get NRLB rulings to recognize the union and not place continual obstacles in their way. Here's the latest, NRLB complaint (attached below). Curtis writes, 

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

You'll find the latest NLRB complaint against East-West University in the attachment. We go back to Labor Board court on Feb 4. The East-West struggle is truly a battle for contingent faculty rights. I'm doing my best to hold on and keep fighting. Happy 2013 to all!

Bro. Curtis