1967 – Board of Trustees announces plans to sell the real estate of the Brooklyn Campus. Faculty demonstrations block the Brooklyn Bridge. New York State and New York City step in to end strike, the real estate deal is killed
1971 – LIUFF Established by secret ballot under the supervision of the NLRB
1972 – First Collective Bargaining Agreement signed
First collectively bargained contract for faculty in a private university in the nation
Defined tenure as being held in the University, still unique and beyond AAUP requirements that tenure is held only in a department.
June 1, 1974 – Paul Siegel assumes duties as President of the LIUFF
June 1, 1978 – George Small assumes duties as President of the LIUFF
September 1979 – October , 1979 – Faculty, almost all tenured at the time, put their jobs on the line strike for 4 weeks to lift the multi-year freeze on tenures in Brooklyn.Tenures were still being granted at Post and at Southhampton. As a result:
Brooklyn faculty positively recommended for tenure would no longer be terminated after their seventh year.
Such faculty would be granted “continuing contractual employment (CCE)
They would then be granted tenure at such a time when Brooklyn enrollment improved
September 1982 – October 1982 – Six week strike for wage parity with the CW Post Campus
NYSUT arranges meetings with Mayor Koch and other politicians
A Federal mediator is appointed
Parity is won, to be achieved in three annual steps
Parity is permanently enshrined in the the contract
Mayor Koch declares LIU, Junior’s Restaurant and A&S (now Macy’s) to be essential for the rebirth of downtown Brooklyn
September, 1985 -Three week strike over the availability of tenure
Tenured positions at Brooklyn must be replaced if enrollments do not decline
The Village Voice dubs LIU “Strike U” and advises parents not to send their children there.
1986 – Middle States, after a 2 year limited extension of accreditation, asks the Board whether they are sure they have the right person heading the University. CEO Albert Bush-Brown is fired by the Board by only one vote, but with a golden parachute of about $1.8 million.
1986 – David Steinberg appointed President of LIU.
June 1, 1986 – Andreas Zavitsas assumes duties as President of the LIUFF
1987- University declares enrollment decline in Brooklyn and refuses to award tenures
Arbitration is filed for and won
Arbitrator finds that University enrollment records were not being maintained in keeping with the contract
As a result, the last person on CCE is finally awarded tenure
June 1, 1988 – Dennis Curley assumes duties as President of the LIUFF
September 1, 1988. 1988-1991 CBA ratified. Provides annual salary increases of 8%, 7% and 6%
September 11, 2001 – World Trade Center destroyed in terrorist attack
June 1, 2002 – Jordan Kaplan assumes duties as President of the LIUFF
September 1, 2003 – September 9, 2003 – Faculty strike for preservation of healthcare insurance
Administration wishes to shift 25% of burden to faculty
New hires would pay 100% of family and spousal coverage
Current faculty settle for 15% payment of insurance premiums in exchange for 5% raises in each of 3 years
Newly hired faculty would pay 50% of family and spousal coverage, with full reimbursement by Union Fund.
Adjunct Benefits Trust Fund Established- Funded by the University and administered by the Union, fund provides money for health insurance premium payments for uninsured adjunct faculty.
September 15, 2008 – Lehman Brothers brokerage house announced bankruptcy, LIU seeks to abrogate 2006 CBA, LIUFF refuses.
September 1, 2011 – September 5, 2011 – Faculty strike over wages and benefits
Administration proposed 5 year wage freeze and 33% faculty contribution to health insurance premiums
Faculty recognizing the financial status of the University, agree to a one-year wage freeze and guaranteed raises in each of the subsequent 4 years, with revenue sharing provisions
Healthcare contributions range from 18% to 25% depending upon level of coverage
Research release time re-instituted for probationary faculty
