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Claudia Davidson:
I am an adjunct instructor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where I teach labor law. I also practice law and have, for 30 years, represented unions and employees in all labor law–related fields.
There are many reasons why instructors at the University of Pittsburgh should embrace the idea of organizing a union. One of the most significant reasons is the importance of having an established position from which instructors, as a unit, can engage management over issues that are not only important to their employment, but to their students and to the university’s mission and objectives.
Having represented unions for the past three decades, I know firsthand how much better off employees are when they are in a union. Beyond having their interests better represented, union workers become more effective employees as well as co-workers to each other. Being in a union together with other adjuncts would allow us to take a more collective approach to our roles as teachers and University employees.
--Claudia Davidson, Law
I am an adjunct instructor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where I teach labor law. I also practice law and have, for 30 years, represented unions and employees in all labor law–related fields.
There are many reasons why instructors at the University of Pittsburgh should embrace the idea of organizing a union. One of the most significant reasons is the importance of having an established position from which instructors, as a unit, can engage management over issues that are not only important to their employment, but to their students and to the university’s mission and objectives.
Having represented unions for the past three decades, I know firsthand how much better off employees are when they are in a union. Beyond having their interests better represented, union workers become more effective employees as well as co-workers to each other. Being in a union together with other adjuncts would allow us to take a more collective approach to our roles as teachers and University employees.
--Claudia Davidson, Law
