Adelphi, MD -- The appropriations committee of the Maryland House of Delegates has given an unfavorable report on House Bill 538. This is the house version of the bill that would provide collective bargaining rights to adjunct faculty and graduate students in specified public institutions of higher education. The bill would also establish separate collective bargaining units for adjunct faculty and graduate students. The unfavorable report was issued on March 3 and makes any other action on this legislation unlikely in the House.
The bill can be read at this link: http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0538f.pdf
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In the Maryland State Senate, the hearing that had been scheduled for today (March 6) for the Senate version of the bill -- Senate Bill 627 -- was cancelled on March 4.
We'll keep you informed on any continuing developments in this story.
