Italy

28 Years & Counting: Foreign-Language Lecturers Versus Italy

by Henry Rodgers When I emigrated from Ireland to Italy in 1988 I had no inkling that I would become involved in a marathon campaign to end discrimination against foreign language lecturers in Italian universities. That I would return some years later to address and...

28 Years & Counting: Foreign-Language Lecturers Versus Italy

by Henry Rodgers When I emigrated from Ireland to Italy in 1988 I had no inkling that I would become involved in a marathon campaign to end discrimination against foreign.

Italy on Verge of Being Fined for Discriminating Against Lecturers

The European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to fine Italy €309,750 a day for continuing to discriminate against foreign language lecturers in Italian universities. Henry Rodgers, who.

Italian Lecturers Cross the Rubicon in Their Fight for Equal Pay and Long-term Employment Contracts

by Henry Rodgers “The European Commission asks that the Court of Justice impose on the Italian Republic a penalty payment of EUR 309,750 for each day’s delay in complying with the judgement of the Court in Case C-212/99, from the day on which the Court...

From Italy with Litigation: An Interview With David Petrie

by Michael P. Gerace David Petrie, who is a 50-year-old lecturer at the University of Verona and Chair of ALLSI (which, in English, is the Association of Foreign Language Lecturers.

Letters to the Editor

Lettori Win Again But Fear Houdini Tactics The information necessary to disprove the claims in David Petrie’s (Jan/Feb 2002) response to Domenico Pacitti’s “Lettori Win Again But Fear Italian Houdini.

University of Bari Students Back Lettori Against Rector

by Domenico Pacitti OVER 650 ANGRY students from the faculty of foreign languages and literature at the University of Bari in southern Italy have petitioned the rector to reinstate their original language teachers. They say rector Giovanni Girone has aggravated long-running job discrimination against the university’s language teaching...

UK Member of the European Parliament Asks EU to Stop Discrimination Against Foreign Lecturers in Italy

AdjunctNation has been following the struggle of non-tenured lecturers in Italy since 2002. ALLSI Chair David Petrie is still fighting for equal pay and equal treatment for hundreds of non-Italians.

The Expat Who Took On Italy: Lecturer David Petrie Is Still Fighting

Editor: In 2002, AdjunctNation writer Michael Gerace caught up with David Petrie and interviewed him. You can read that interview here. Petrie is still fighting for equal pay and equal treatment.