Berklee Faculty Union To Hold Opening Day Unity Demonstration
Last year, Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory merged. Come Berklee’s Opening Day, Friday, Sept. 1, the 600-plus members of the Berklee faculty will join their 200-plus new colleagues from the Conservatory in a demonstration of unity.
What’s at stake:
- The Berklee Administration refuses to bring Conservatory faculty up to Berklee’s contract wage minimums.
- The administration is offering only 1-year contracts to all full-time Conservatory faculty, including new hires, instead of the 3, 4, and 5 year contracts extended to full-time Berklee professors.
- Berklee refuses to give any credit for years of service to Boston Conservatory faculty, effectively treating them all as new hires. Conservatory faculty have faithfully served for decades.
“Regardless of what happens in bargaining for the rest of the month, on Opening Day, September 1, we want the administration to witness a sea of blue Berklee Faculty Union t-shirts and buttons,” said Jackson Schultz, President of the Berklee Faculty Union. “This will either be in celebration of an agreement or a show of disappointment in the lack of one. Either way, we will stand together.”
If you’re in the area Friday, stop by and show your support for all Berklee faculty members.
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