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A Message from AAUP regarding the potential layoff of Westminster Faculty
October 13, 2017

Colleagues,
​

We have word from Westminster colleagues and students that the Rider University administration may send layoff notices to Westminster faculty because of their intent to sell the college. These reports are presented as if this would be an obvious and innocuous step because of the administration’s proposed separation of the college from the university.

This is not the case.

The administration could enter into negotiations with the AAUP about the terms and conditions of employment if they sell WCC to get an Agreement in advance of issuing layoff notices. The administration could have chosen a deal that doesn't turn Westminster over until September 2019. In those cases, negotiating the impact of the sale (which is a union’s legal right) could have taken place before not after the layoff notices.

Once layoff notices go out, if they are left unchallenged, there is absolutely no guarantee that faculty will be rehired if the deal falls through. In addition, there is no guarantee that the new owners will hire all of the faculty or that those hired will be at the same terms and conditions.

At this point, just like the Westminster faculty, the AAUP has been shut out of any role in the discussions with potential buyers and the administration has refused to discuss the impact of this sale prior to issuing layoff notices.

 
AAUP Executive Committee,Elizabeth Scheiber, President  
Mike Brogan, VP  
Jeff Halpern, CGO  
Joel Phillips, AGO  
Kathy Price, Treasurer/Fin. Sec.
Kathleen Pierce, Recording Sec.  
Tracey Garrett, At-Large Member  
Matthew Goldie, At-Large Member  
Art Taylor, Immediate Past President
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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission Statement
    • Chapter Meeting Minutes
    • Meeting Dates 18–19
    • AAUP Officers
    • Points of Contact
    • AAUP Awards >
      • Bertram Mott Award
      • Henry J. Frank Award
    • P&T Committee Members
    • APC Committee Members
    • UAPC Committees
    • Training for College/School Academic Policy Committee Members
    • Membership
    • Assumption of Risk and Waiver Form for Employees that is required for travel funds
  • Contract
  • Grievances
    • Grievance Process
    • Amendments to Grievance Process, Updated April 2016
    • Grievance Procedure Explained
  • Constitution
    • I - Name
    • II - Purpose
    • III - Membership
    • IV - Dues
    • V - Chapter Officers
    • VI - Committees
    • VII - Election of Officers
    • VIII - Removal of Officers
    • IX - Disciplining of Members
    • X - Meetings
    • XI - Contract Ratification
    • XII - Finance
    • XIII - Amendments
  • Saving WCC
    • Press Release Kaiwen Finances
    • 2019 Report on Kaiwen
    • DejaVuDellOmo
    • Kaiwen Announcement 1/11/19
    • AAUP Goes to the NJ Assembly
    • Sign the Petition to Save WCC
    • WWCAC Letter November 8 2018
    • Kaiwen Education: Report on Company Performance Through the Third Quarter 2018
    • New Information Reveals Chinese Corporation Plans to Take $20 Million Westminster Choir College Endowment despite Prohibitions Imposed by State/Federal Law
    • More Bad News about Kaiwen
    • Claims v. Reality
    • AAUP Challenges Legitimacy of Newly announced Non-Profit Said To Be Created To Run Westminster Choir College
    • Label Your Stuff!
    • WCC Alumni Council Questions and Answers
    • Statement on Proposed Sale of Westminster Choir College Faculty Union Vows to Continue Oppose ill-conceived Sale of Iconic Music School
    • June 7 Letter to Board
    • A Failure of Due Diligence
    • Bond 2017
    • Chronology of the WCC Crisis
    • Kaiwen Education Technology
    • Pending Legal Actions >
      • Legal Complaints against Rider University over Sale of WCC
    • The Legacy of Westminster Choir College
    • Updates and Information Sent to Faculty from AAUP Leadership >
      • A Letter to WCC Faculty regarding President Dell'Omo's Letter
      • Open Letter to Board of Trustees
      • Letter to Faculty
      • How a For-profit Company Might Ruin Westminster
      • A Message from AAUP regarding the potential layoff of Westminster Faculty
      • ​Update on Westminster
    • Press Releases >
      • Outrage Over Rider University's Plan To Sell Legendary Choir College To Chinese For-Profit Company With No Experience in Higher Education
      • DellOmo Lays Off Entire WCC Faculty
    • WCC Crisis in the News >
      • The Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College Initiates Spin-Off Discussions With Rider University Administration
    • Letters of Support for WCC >
      • Eric Whitacre Praises Westminster
      • Statement of support from NJ Higher Ed Leadership Council.
      • Support for Westminster Choir College
    • Teach In at WCC
    • WCC Teach In Audio >
      • Remarks by Laura Brooks Rice
      • Have American Universities Lost Their Way? by Joel Phillips
    • Governance Standards in Institutional Mergers and Acquisitions