Adjunct activists — including Miranda Merklein, Joe Fruscione, and Bri Bolin - have written a petition to Davie Weil, the new director of the Wage and Hour division at the Department of Labor demanding an investigation into higher ed hiring practices, including wage theft from adjuncts.

As the petition points out:

approximately 76% of college professors are contingent labor, predominantly hired on a semester-by-semester contract and making an average of $2500 per 3-credit course. The average yearly income of an adjunct professor hovers in the same range as minimum-wage fast food and retail workers, with many of the same labor problems: lack of job security, inability to find enough working hours to support themselves, lack of health or retirement benefits, periodic unemployment, and outright wage theft.

Make your voice heard on this important issue. Sign the petition here.