SEIU Local 500 is your adjunct lecturer and graduate adjunct lecturer union at McDaniel College. Below you will find your online application, your contract, compensation details, as well as an important information about your membership and how your dues are calculated.

Select your union status now

As an adjunct lecturer or graduate adjunct lecturer at McDaniel College, you are required to select your union status with SEIU Local 500. This is a condition of your continued employment at McDaniel, so please read the following information and take a few moments now to select your status.

Option I: Become a member

Click here to sign up today and become a member at SEIU Local 500. Your membership gives you a voice in your workplace, a seat at the table in negotiations with your employer as well as many members-only benefits, including discounts on retail, insurance, credit, and financial health programs. Sign up now.

Option II: Become an agency fee payer or request an exemption

If you choose not to be a member of SEIU Local 500, you will relinquish your right to vote on your contract with your employer, serve on committees, attend members-only meetings, receive information about bargaining and other matters impacting your workplace, and give up access to member benefits. If you would like to forfeit your membership and relinquish your privileges, click here to select your union status and select the appropriate status. 

View your contract

Click here to view your tentative agreement and check your email for your electronic ballot. The ratification vote ends on August 18, 2023.

Click here to view Raise Calculations June 2023.

Click here to download a PDF copy of your union contract.

Compensation Details

Your contract includes important details about adjunct compensation. Click here to download a simple guide to the Adjunct Faculty Rate Scale.

View you Beck Notice (how your dues are calculated)