Joe Berry

Unemployment 101

One of the Caped Crusaders of adjunct activism, Mr. Joe Berry, along with his equally hard-working colleagues Beverly Stewart, and Helena Worthen, have put together a detailed booklet explaining the procedure for part-time faculty to file for unemployment between semesters. Part-time faculty who are not...

A review of Reclaiming the Ivory Tower

reviewed by Silvia Foti For those who are skeptical of any one book’s ability to help adjuncts organize to improve their working conditions in higher education, Reclaiming the Ivory Tower.

On Adjunct Activists and Bottom Feeders

by P.D. Lesko AdjunctNation will have been advocating on behalf of the nation's non-tenured faculty for 21 years this September. I am pleased and proud of the work we've done,.

PTers Pursuing Unemployment in Work-For-Hire States

by Carol Biliczky April Freely’s part-time teaching job at the University of Akron ended in May. So she did the previously unthinkable: She filed for unemployment compensation. She’s among a seemingly growing number of part-time faculty in Ohio who are pursuing state aid after spring...

Pittsburgh "Countering Contingency" Conference Offers Hope To Adjunct Activists

by Jack Longmate Over the past twenty-five years, U.S. colleges and universities have substantially increased their reliance on part-time and adjunct faculty instruction… The working conditions of part-time faculty members.

New Faculty Majority Faces Same Old Problems & Offers Same Old Solutions

By P.D. Lesko Don't get me wrong. The New Faculty Majority is filled with dedicated, intelligent and passionate individuals committed to effecting lasting change within higher education. Some of them.

500 American University Part-Timers Consider Joining SEIU

by Chris Lewis Starting today, adjunct faculty at American University will begin voting on whether or not to join the Service Employees International Union. Supporters say collective bargaining can help improve pay and job security for adjuncts, the academic world’s version of migrant labor. Non-tenure-track...

Unemployment 101

One of the Caped Crusaders of adjunct activism, Mr. Joe Berry, along with his equally hard-working colleagues Beverly Stewart, and Helena Worthen, have put together a detailed booklet explaining the.