Since this spring, the Long Island University Faculty Federation has been engaged in contract negotiations with the administration at Long Island University.

On Friday, faculty at the Brooklyn campus of LIU were informed, with less than a day’s notice, that their health insurance will be cut off and they will no longer be paid for their work. Instead, LIU plans to redeploy administrators and has hired strikebreakers to teach students when classes begin this week.

It’s time for LIU to treat its employees with the dignity and respect they deserve by bargaining a fair contract now and ending this lockout.