Faculty Union Declares Victory as Lockout at Long Island U. Ends
The lockout that barred faculty members from Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus for nearly two weeks is over, the faculty union announced on Wednesday night. “We have won a victory,” officials of the Long Island University Faculty Federation, which represents 236 full-time professors and 450 adjuncts on the Brooklyn campus, said in a letter to union members. The letter said that administrators had agreed to end “their unprecedented lockout” just before midnight on Wednesday, and that faculty members could resume teaching on Thursday. “You should plan to meet with your classes starting tomorrow,” it said.