Who is eligible to be in LUMUN?
You are eligible for membership in LUMUN if

1. you are a per-course instructor (given a “per course appointment” in your letter of appointment) teaching on-campus or remote courses at Memorial University or teaching MUN courses by distance. To accommodate the precarious nature of our work, LUMUN membership is valid for a period of 36 months from the last time a member has taught, OR
2. you are a postdoctoral fellow at Memorial whose funding is administered through Human Resources at MUN.

What does it mean to be a member?

• For per-course instructors and postdoctoral fellows:  All members of the bargaining unit pay union dues during those semesters in which they teach.  
• Members of both bargaining units are considered full members in good standing of LUMUN "on date of appointment" (per Article 5.01 of the Collective Agreement).

What have Per-course Instructors gained from union representation?
First and foremost, being unionized has allowed us to negotiate collective agreements that reflect the nature of our work, stipulating terms and conditions that must be respected by our employer.

Unionized Per-course instructors at other universities throughout North America have made great strides through negotiations, including gains such as child care, health and pension benefits, intellectual property rights, pay increases, access to research grants and job security, to name only a few.

How much are the Union dues? Who pays? How are they collected?
Membership dues are set at 1.49% in LUMUN’s constitution. They are automatically deducted from pay you receive for instructional duties only and are deducted directly from your pay cheque by MUN.

How does the negotiations process work?
The LUMUN Bargaining Team has the authority to negotiate on behalf of its members. The LUMUN team meets the employer's team at the bargaining table; each team presents initial proposals for changes to the collective agreement. The give and take of bargaining continues until the teams are ready to recommend the changes to the people they represent. Once a tentative agreement is established between the bargaining team and the employer, LUMUN members vote on its ratification. Once ratified, the agreement becomes a legal document under which the employer and the union operate.