• Rich Barlow

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    Rich Barlow is a senior writer at BU Today and Bostonia magazine. Perhaps the only native of Trenton, N.J., who will volunteer his birthplace without police interrogation, he graduated from Dartmouth College, spent 20 years as a small-town newspaper reporter, and is a former Boston Globe religion columnist, book reviewer, and occasional op-ed contributor. Profile

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There are 6 comments on University, Part-Time Faculty Tentatively Agree to New Four-Year Contract

  1. Why is the link to BU Today’s coverage of the BUGWU strike over a month old? Isn’t the strike considered a part of BU’s “news, opinion, community”?

    What about the cancellation of discussion sections and labs? The charges of unfair labor practices? The impact on the end of the semester, school year, and final exams? I’m really curious about this.

    1. It’s part of BU’s tactics to minimize the strike, especially in the public eye. If you check out https://www.instagram.com/gradworkersofBU/ you can get a sense of what’s happening to BUGWU members, such as being served notices from the Office of Judicial Affairs, being kicked off faculty link and blackboard, and replaced by Deans from external colleges.

      Also in yesterday’s bargaining session with approx. 140 participants, BU admin started it 30 minutes late and came with zero proposals.

  2. Will employees be notified if they are included in this new agreement (assuming it’s ratified by members)?

    If so, when and by whom?

  3. I do hope as an alumnus that BU improves the continued problems with communicating with better transparency on campus related issues. The office of President and the Provost are a bloated bureaucracy.

    Did you notice the self promoting being done on the mediator rather than displaying the full universe of facts. Who is running BU. Is it the bloated front office staff or the President.

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