Hungering for Academic Equality: St. Louis U Faculty & Students to Stage Hunger Strike in Support of Adjuncts

by Koron Addo Students, faculty and staff at St. Louis University are expected to stage a hunger strike during business hours Thursday, skipping meals and holding mass prayers between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to raise awareness of the issues adjunct faculty face. The event is called Fast for Faculty, and organizers say about 50 people have committed to take part in the demonstration. “It’s important that we all stick together on this,” Sheri Anderson-Gutierrez, a visiting assistant professor of Spanish said of the school’s faculty, including roughly 500 adjuncts. She said the goal is for demonstrators to play on […]