Long Island University-Brooklyn hit with labor pains on Labor Day Weekend
On the eve of the fall 2016 semester, Long Island University-Brooklyn’s administration and its unionized faculty are embroiled in a heated contract dispute.
The clash escalated late this week with threats from both sides: the administration announcing plans to lock out faculty at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and union leaders warning that students arriving for the first day of classes Wednesday could encounter a picket line outside the school’s campus at Flatbush and DeKalb avenues.
The dual warnings came as negotiations for a new contract broke down as the existing pact expired Aug. 31. The key sticking point, say officials of the union — the Long Island University Faculty Federation (LIUFF) — is a disparity in pay between faculty at LIU-Brooklyn and LIU-Post in Brookville, Long Island.