April 21, 2015 - Vol. 5  No. 3

• Committee Elections
• NLRB Posting
• Negotation Update
• Thanks to Jonathan Cohler
• Thanks to Departing Staff
• Regarding Summer Programs at Longy
• Words by Thomas Enman

January 20, 2015 - Vol. 5  No. 2

• Longy found in violation of Federal labor law
• Faculty raises: An Open Letter to President Zorn
• Where do our Longy Faculty Union dues go?

November 3, 2014 - Vol. 5  No. 1

• Response to President Zorn
• Negotiations update
• NLRB issues fourth complaint against Longy
• Faculty wage background
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Vivian Montgomery
• Forum on Practicing: Practice backwards
• Faculty News

November 27, 2013 - Vol. 4  No. 3

• Committee election ballots
• Negotations Update:
  Community Programs Closing
• Board Settlement and School’s Compliance
• LFU Executive Board Changes
• Clayton Hoener: Journey of Learning
• Shizue Sano: A moral and ethical decision
• Deborah Yardley Beers:
  Courage, Empowerment, and Justice

October 21, 2013 - Vol. 4  No. 2

• Stunning turn of events, big win for the Union
• Negotiations Update
• A historical perspective
• Past meetings

August 31, 2013 - Vol. 4  No. 1

• Contact information for departing Community Programs faculty
• Two big wins for the LFU
• Negotiations update

June 30, 2013 - Vol. 3  No. 13

• NLRB issues third complaint against Longy
• Forum on Practicing:
  Training Awareness

April 21, 2013 - Vol. 3  No. 12

• Reflections on a difficult week
• Longy, Bard, and the MAT:
  A fish story
• Personal notes

April 12, 2013 - Vol. 3  No. 11

• Boston Globe takes a stand for Community Programs
• Victor Rosenbaum speaks out against closing Community Programs
• Something is rotten in Delano
• NLRB rapidly dismisses Longy’s charge against the Longy Faculty Union
• Longy Community Programs: Making a difference
  in peoples' lives
• Reminder: Faculty meeting TODAY
• Personal notes

March 18, 2013 - Vol. 3  No. 10

• Stay tuned!
  The struggle to save Community Programs
• LFU News responds to Longy's misleading claims

March 8, 2013 - Vol. 3  No. 9

• Outrage: Longy announces closure of Community Programs division
• Personal notes

December 17, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 8

• Happy Holidays!
• LFU Board letter to President Zorn: CBU members can request raises
• Faculty Evaluations move forward
• An important anniversary
• Forum on Practicing:
  The first minutes of practice
• Letter of support to the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra
• Personal notes
• LFU Executive Board Meetings

October 3, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 7

• Grievances continue to mount
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Eleanor Perrone, piano
• Invitation to play:
  Roman Totenberg memorial celebration
• Personal notes
• Deejay Robinson leaves Longy faculty
• Recent Collective Bargaining Unit meeting

July 2, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 6

• Working Together:
  Insurance Improvements
• 2012 Michael B. Packer
  Award Winners
• Forum on Practicing:
  The “One Note Recital Routine”
• Roman Totenberg (1911-2012)
• Upcoming meetings

May 21, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 5

• Teaching Ideas and Ideals:
  The values of music theory
• Ten Years:
  The Michael B. Packer Award
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Leslie Amper, piano
• LFU Board congratulates President Zorn
• AFT MA lowers “per capita” dues rate
• Upcoming meetings

April 23, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 4

• Ten Years: The Michael B. Packer Award
• Second annual Longy committee election results
• Longy Suzuki String Ensembles final concert
• Two anniversaries
• Connecting with faculty colleagues
• Upcoming meetings

March 26, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 3

• Teaching Ideas and Ideals: Longy's Preparatory Wind Ensemble
• What Longy Committees Do: Labor Management Committee
• Opportunities to Connect
• LFU Membership Meeting Highlights
• Anniversary and Upcoming Election
• Ruth Gessner-Schocken
• Upcoming meetings

February 20, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 2

• Workshop: The importance of committees in an educational setting
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Erik Entwistle, piano
• Two years
• Forum on Practicing:
  Intention/Attention/Curiosity
• Corrections from previous issue of LFU News
• Upcoming meetings

January 16, 2012 - Vol. 3  No. 1

• Workshop:
  Union Leadership 101
• Teaching Ideas and Ideals:
  Longy’s Dalcroze Education Program
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Elizabeth Anker
• Second Anniversary:
  LFU Election
• Personal notes
• Upcoming meetings

December 9, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 11

• The value of grievances
• Scholarships for Union members’ dependent high school seniors
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Shizue Sano
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Hiroaki Honshuku
• New “Forum on Practicing” series
• Personal notes
• Upcoming meetings

November 14, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 10

• How the CBA protects Longy faculty
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Marco Granados
• New LFU News series to highlight teaching ideals and ideas
• Longy accelerates hiring plans
• Upcoming meetings

October 31, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 9

• Collective Bargaining Agreement undermined by the School
• Faculty in concert
• Faculty Artist Recital:
  Kalliope Trio
• Remembering our beginnings
• Personal Notes
• Upcoming meetings

October 1, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 8

• Reminder: A celebration
  of the life of Eric Rosenblith
• Printed contract available
• Invitation to faculty performers
• Upcoming meetings
• New LFU Board member: Meghan Jacoby

September 10, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 7

• Back to school lunch invitation
• A Fantastic Number: 06484
• Longy committees begin meeting
• Thank you
• LFU meetings
• Personal Notes
• Michelle Shoemaker resigns

May 31, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 6

• LMC first meeting
• Settlement in Action: Committee Elections
• Our new glossary
• Personal Notes
• Upcoming meetings

April 25, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 5

• Your settlement in action
• Budget and dues approved
• A transitional moment
• Memorial Concert:
  Raphael Hillyer
• Two new series in LFU News

March 25, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 4

• Union faculty vote unanimously
  to ratify contract
• Thanks from Mrs. Rosenblith
• “Voices of the ‘Realigned’” Series Closing
• Upcoming meetings

February 1, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 3

• Negotiations update:
  What a difference a day makes
• A year (and more) in review
• A letter from Mrs. Hillyer
• A valentine for Francie:
  Celebrating 29 years of music and memories
• One-year anniversary:
  NLRB Certification
• NLRB hearing update
• Upcoming meetings

January 20, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 2

• Voice of the Executive Board
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Sarah Mead
• Remembering the Union election
• NLRB hearing update
• Upcoming meeting

January 9, 2011 - Vol. 2  No. 1

• Judge issues injunction against Longy
• Honoring a "realigned" Union member who resigned: Frances Conover Fitch
• Eric Rosenblith remembered
• Virtual office hours
• Bargaining unit meeting

January 2, 2011 - Vol. 1  No. 18
Voices of the "realigned" - Special Edition

• Profile: Sarah Mead
• Profile: John Ziarko
• Profile: Michael Collver
• Profile: Lois Shapiro
• Profile: Holly Barnes
• Profile: Dianne Pettipaw
• Profile: Ronald Lowry
• Profile: Alice Wilkinson
• Profile: Sophie Vilker
• Profile: Frances Conover Fitch
• Profile: Faina Bryanskya

December 27, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 17

• Oh what a tangled web
• Students of the "realigned": Mea Hilton
• NLRB hearing update
• LFU gets connected
• Upcoming meetings

December 13, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 16

• NLRB accuses Longy of new violations
• Negotiations update
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: John Ziarko
• Upcoming meetings

December 4, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 15

• LFU in the news
• Longy responds to NLRB filings

November 23, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 14

• NLRB Petition for Injunction
• Constant contract
• House concert
• Special meeting report
• Virtual office hours

October 22, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 13

• Longy walks out of negotiating session
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Michael Collver

October 20, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 12

• General Counsel of NLRB
  issues complaint against Longy
• LFU launches scholarship fund
• Explaining the NLRA and NLRB
• Karen Zorn letter to Board of Visitors
• Students of the "realigned"
• Upcoming meetings

October 2, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 11

• LFU house party
• Setting the record straight
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Lois Shapiro
• LFU Executive Board meetings

September 9, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 10

• LFU membership meeting September 14
• Musical chairs
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Holly Barnes

August 9, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 9

• AFT files charges against Longy
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Dianne Pettipaw
• Yeshiva: What does it mean?
• Virtual office hours

July 28, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 8

• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Ronald Lowry
• LFU committees
• Negotiations update
• Longy sends out faculty agreements

July 3, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 7

• Special meeting
• Membership on the rise!
• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Alice Wilkinson
• Negotiations update
• Virtual office hours

June 10, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 6

• Voices of the "realigned"
• Profile: Sophie Vilker
• Profile: Frances Conover Fitch
• Profile: Faina Bryanskya

June 1, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 5

• Union meetings at Longy
• Negotiations update
• Virtual office hours
• Cambridge Chronicle article

April 30, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 4

• An invitation to come together
• LFU performs at Harvard Square MayFair!

April 25, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 3

• Open letter from LFU Board
• No financial basis for cuts
• Faculty meeting Tuesday at 9am

April 13, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 2

• Survey update
• Longy cancels negotiating session
• Big turnout at LFU members meeting
• Board of Visitors leafletting TODAY
• Administration explains faculty changes
• Why join the union?
• Share your views online

April 6, 2010 - Vol. 1  No. 1

• Officers elected
• Negotiations under way
• Meetings with legislators, community organizations, and other unions
• Activities planned
• Faculty survey
• Questions about the LFU

Voices of the "realigned"

• Profile: Sarah Mead
• Profile: John Ziarko
• Profile: Michael Collver
• Profile: Lois Shapiro
• Profile: Holly Barnes
• Profile: Dianne Pettipaw
• Profile: Ronald Lowry
• Profile: Alice Wilkinson
• Profile: Faina Bryanskya
• Profile: Frances Conover Fitch
• Profile: Sophie Vilker