Contacts
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If you have questions related to unionization at CalArts that are not addressed on this site, contact Mayra Delgadillo in the General Counsel’s office at mdelgadillo@calarts.edu.
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Information sessions
CalArts is hosting a series of meetings to provide information and answer questions about the unionization process and what it may mean for CalArts. The sessions are open to all CalArts staff and faculty and will take place on Zoom. View schedule.
Notices
Notices of the Petition of Election posted Feb. 12, 2025:
Notices of Election posted Feb. 20, 2025:
Articles
Faculty Union and Faculty Senate Co-Existence: Bargaining on Traditional Academic Governance
In this article from the Journal of the United Association for Labor Education, the authors analyze the relationship between faculty unions and faculty senates, focusing on how academic collective bargaining impacts shared governance traditions. It reviews four decades of faculty governance literature, presents a framework of academic bargaining models, and examines the benefits and challenges of these relationships in higher education.