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DL ty College. Her employment is never certain, and can depend on the whims of enrollment numbers semester by semester. In addition to that uncertainty, she says that at about $3,000 per course the pay is low compared to other universities in the city. Plus, the pay is irregular. “They only pay us twice a semester,” says George, who is a member of the collective bargaining team. “You have to wait ’til midterms and finals to a get a paycheck.” Such grievances—a lack of job security and consideration of experience, among others— are some of the issues the union is trying to address with a new contract. But so far, UDC appears to be resisting meaningful dialogue by using D.C. labor law as a legal shield. D.C. Councilmember David Grosso, who chairs the education committee that oversees UDC operations, says he does not comment on contract negotiations and declined to talk with City Paper. Meanwhile, Local 500 continues to push onward in other places. Rather astoundingly, the union has organized about 80 percent of the city’s adjuncts—a success that’s unmatched by any other organizing effort. It’s currently bargaining an adjunct contract at Howard University, which would be a first at a historically black college or university. Also, after most recently unionizing adjuncts at Trinity Washington University, the union is now launching into contract negotiations. The biggest holdout beside UDC is Catholic. It’s also moved beyond the District’s borders, unionizing adjuncts at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Montgomery County Community College and holding a vote at Goucher College in Baltimore, though the results are being contested in the NLRB. The union says that a number of other small private schools and possibly more community colleges in Maryland are in the pipeline. The local’s success among adjuncts in the D.C. metro area could set them up to be even more of a beacon. Union strategists in the adjunct movement have theorized about the possibility of negotiating citywide contracts once part-timers are unionized to hold enough leverage over administrations. Ideally, this could lead to citywide compensation floors, joint retirement funds, and what would essentially be an adjunct job bank. So as Local 500 continues to broaden organizing to Maryland (and possibly for-profits), it’s also thinking about the next steps in D.C. “Little by little, we’re trying to put the pieces together,” McLeer says. “We have to finds ways and means, carrots and sticks to get the employers to come together to bargain in some way.” CP
8 september 11, 2015 washingtoncitypaper.com