What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin
Los Angeles is at a turning point. We are living in a defining moment. What happens next is up to us. Over the past few years, problems and challenges have shaken this city -- and tremendous opportunities for change have presented themselves. How do we rise to this moment and emerge a better place to live? What will it take to create a more just and a more equitable community? Working together, how are we going to create a stronger, forward-thinking Los Angeles? Mike Bonin, writer, teacher, progressive activist and former City Councilmember, looks at the issues and problems facing Los Angeles, examines ideas, and talks with the people who will lead us to a brighter future.
Produced in partnership with LA Forward.
What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin
Labor Strife at LMU
A respected local University shocked its faculty and its students recently by abruptly ending labor negotiations and invoking a religious exemption to shut down a campus union. In this episode, we hear from professors fighting for fair pay, job security, and respect in a high-stakes labor battle at Loyola Marymount University.
Brian Wisch and Linh Hwa, both non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at LMU and members of the union, explain the vital importance of NTT teachers at colleges and universities, discuss their working conditions and wages at LMU, and recount how ongoing labor negotiations were scuttled last month when the Jesuit university claimed national labor law did not apply to the school.
Some recent coverage:
Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union, claiming religious exemption:
Loyola Marymount said it will no longer recognize its faculty union
What's at stake as USC and LMU push back against untenured faculty unions?
Loyola Marymount Announces It Will No Longer Recognize Faculty Labor Union, Followed by Heated Town Hall Meeting
Loyolan “Voices of the Newsroom” Podcast:
Other Links and Resources
Safeguarding LMU's Future: A Message from LMU Board Chair Paul Viviano
LMU Student Labor and Employment Law Society Urges Admin, Board to Return to Bargaining with NTT Faculty
Faculty in LMU’s Theological Studies Department Call on Admin, Board to Revoke Claims of “Religious Exemption” to Unions
LMU alumni, families, staff, faculty colleagues, and community supporters template to send a message to the admin and board: https://secure.everyaction.com/zLZIqaL4ZkivQMzvMF3gjw2
The LMU NTT faculty union Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lmu_nttfaculty/
What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.