adjunct faculty activism

UC Lecturers Reach New Contract Agreement

University of California lecturers will no longer strike after coming to a tentative agreement with the UC on contract negotiations Wednesday. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the UC held two days of bargaining sessions Monday and Tuesday to continue discussions on reaching a...

Contingent Faculty for Equity Group Issues “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021”

by P.D. Lesko A group calling itself Contingent Faculty for Equality has published an “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021.” It is a “One-Tier Model of.

July Higher Ed Labor Summit Vision Platform Claims Adjuncts “Present A Threat” to Student Retention and Success

by P.D. Lesko For two days in early July, around 300 representatives from 75 higher education labor groups came together virtually to hammer out a Vision Plan that addresses challenges.

The Seven Year Itch

by Kip Lornell It took me the same number of years (seven-and-a-half) to earn a B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. as it did to help organize the part-time faculty The George Washington University and participate in the vote to ratify our initial contract. When an old...

366 Part-time Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada Walk Off the Job

The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) executives made the decision for contract academic staff (CAS) to go on strike. The major issues still unresolved were a better seniority system.

Part-time Concordia Faculty Threaten to Walk Off the Job

With only three weeks to go in the winter session, part-time faculty at Concordia University, in Quebec, Canada, are threatening to cancel classes and walk off the job. Without a.

OPSEU Fights for Part-time Employees at Durham College

Two hundred part-time teachers and support staff at Durham College are being included in one of the largest union membership drives in Ontario history. The Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU) has launched a massive drive to recruit more than 12,500 part-time faculty and support...

$5,000 Executive Committee Meetings, or Why It’s Way Past Time

They’re at it again. Yes. Again. Our part-time faculty colleagues in Canada are on strike. The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA), which represents 365 contract faculty, announced at the.

Throwing Darts at Adjunct Activists

Untitled Documentby Keith Hoeller For nearly twenty years, I have devoted my life to achieving equality for adjunct faculty throughout the nation. I have published twenty opinion articles in newspapers.

Three Unions Fight Over 1000 P/Timers

In California, one part-time faculty has decided to break away from their current union to achieve quality pay, healthcare benefits, and adequate representation on their own. That decision has created a lot of attention. United Faculty (UF) has represented Grossmont College in El Cajon and...