Professional Instructors Organization

We all know that the rate of inflation - 18% since 2021 - has made it increasingly difficult for working people to make ends meet the last few years.

WMU’s latest wage proposal to us is still only 4.8% more than the poverty wages they’ve been paying us since before the pandemic - when adjusted for inflation, this proposal is effectively a pay CUT.

Their team of negotiators called this offer as “generous” and has characterized our arguments as unreasonable.

Can you please sign our petition in support of a Fair Wage for all WMU instructors?

Tell WMU to Stop Paying Poverty Wages Western Michigan University relies on hundreds of adjunct faculty every year to fulfill its educational mission. Yet most of these instructors are paid poverty-level wages — less than $19,000 a year teaching a full-time course load. We have not seen an increase in our wages since Fall 2020. Furthe...