by Tyler Higgins The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME that nonunion workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. The case, one of the most hotly anticipated of the term, is the second in two days to...
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College of Staten Island (CSI) adjunct professors held a rally on Tuesday -- calling for a salary increase. About 30 CSI students and adjuncts from the school's chapter of the Professional.
An upgrade to the payroll system for the Maricopa County Community Colleges District has caused hundreds of employees to be overpaid or underpaid, some by thousands of dollars. The paycheck.
Gypsy Scholars, Migrant Teachers and the Global Academic Proletariat: Adjunct Labour in Higher Education. Edited by Rudolphus Teeuwen and Steffen Hantke. At The Interface series. Ropodi Publishing. Paperback, 221 pages. by Deborah Straw Some adjuncts actually don’t have such a bad gig, compared to other...
by Jill Richardson Another semester is about to begin at the community college where I teach. Some of my students come from middle-class backgrounds. They went to excellent high schools,.
Academic Apartheid, Waging the Adjunct War. Edited by Sylvia M. DeSantis. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. 112 pages. by Deborah Straw Academic Apartheid, Waging the Adjunct War, edited by Sylvia M. DeSantis,.
By John Copley Unions representing the Capital Region’s large public-sector workforce are swinging into action, trying to inspire loyalty in their ranks in case — as they expect — the U.S. Supreme Court gives some workers a pass on paying dues. The top court heard arguments last...
“It will stop the bleeding,” Mark Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and architect of the plan, said Friday. On March 16 it will be in the.
by Jayme Poisson A strike affecting 3,000 contract staff working at York University kicked off Monday March 5 with a massive rally on the campus of York University in Toronto. Affected.
by P.D. Lesko Since 2012, when the adjunct faculty at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh voted to affiliate with the United Steelworkers, AdjunctNation has followed the saga of the part-timers in their fight for better pay and working conditions. Three months after that April 2012 vote, administrators at...
