Non-tenured Howard University faculty will not go on strike after an agreement was reached with university leadership early on Wednesday morning, March 23.
“We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with SEIU Local 500, the union representing Howard’s full-time lecturer and adjunct faculty,” Howard representatives said in a statement.
Faculty had threatened to walk out over issues of low pay and overburdened working conditions.
The contract proposal includes improvements in compensation and job security for both non-tenure track lecturers and adjuncts. Full details of the tentative agreement are currently being shared with HU faculty who will vote on the contract proposal in the next few days.
Howard faculty members had announced last week that they would go on a three-day strike if they didn’t reach an agreement with the school..
