An Offer They Can Refuse
by Chris Cumo Chuck Whitten never expected to be in the eye of a hurricane. A 25-year broadcast journalist, he had come to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California as an adjunct to share his passion for journalism. He enjoyed the teaching, but had neither the time nor the interest to become politically active on campus. Union activism held no appeal; Whitten had always been a conservative, anti-union man. All this changed in October 2001 when he learned that the College of the Canyons Faculty Association (COCFA), the union representing full-time faculty at the college, had enrolled him along with 380 other part-time […]
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