Adjuncts are Forming a Union at Marist College

On April 9th Marist College Adjuncts held a press conference to talk about forming a union with Adjunct Action/ SEIU. Over 75 people came out to hear them speak up for a voice in shared governance, improved student learning outcomes, and building a stronger community at Marist. If there was one overall message of the day, it was that our working conditions as adjuncts impact student learning conditions. They had support from students, from full-time faculty, and from union members on the Marist …

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Boston City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting Good Jobs for Adjunct Instructors

Adjunct faculty from Boston University and Northeastern University receive a Boston City Council resolution that calls for fair wages and a free and fair union elections.

On Friday, the Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of adjunct instructors, calling for colleges and universities in the Boston area to improve pay and benefits for adjunct instructors and to also allow them to unionize without interference.

“The current system for paying adjunct professors is hurting these individuals and their families

but also the …

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Durbin, Harkin Aim to Improve For-Profit Oversight

Senator Dick Durbin and Senator Tom Harkin have introduced legislation aimed at improving federal coordination of oversight of the for-profit college industry. The Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act would establish interagency oversight committee and improve enforcement of federal laws and regulations of the for-profit industry. The Act is being introduced in the House by U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings.

“For many years, for-profit schools were allowed to operate one step ahead of the law. As the number of investigations by federal, state and local agencies increase, however, I think …

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Webinar for Adjuncts with Student Debt on April 11

Adjunct Action has partnered with the Department of Education to offer you a webinar on student loan repayment plans, loan forgiveness, and the best strategies for paying back your loans. The webinar will be held on April 11th from 2 to 3 p.m. EST.

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Inside Higher Ed Article on launch of Adjunct Network

“Hoping to reach an estimated 1 million adjunct professors nationwide, Service Employees International Union on Monday officially launched its new Adjunct Action Network website. The union marked the occasion with a ‘national town hall’ event for adjuncts at Georgetown University here.”

Click here to read the full Inside Higher Ed article by Colleen Flaherty about the launch of the Adjunct Action Network.

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Town Hall Unites Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty joined SEIU president Mary Kay Henry and House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member George Miller (D-CA) to launch the Adjunct Action Network and talk about the future of adjunct faculty organizing at a town hall at Georgetown University today.

“Imagine if brick-by-brick adjuncts work to build a new model,” Henry said as she led a discussion about how adjunct organizing victories from Los Angeles to Boston could be leveraged into even larger movement both online and offline.

Though adjunct faculty often lack physical meeting …

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Dr. Joseph Fahey on Adjunct Justice, Catholic Identity, and Labor Unions at LMU

On March 12th and 13th, students and faculty at Loyola Marymount University came together for a very productive conversation on adjunct justice on our own campus. This two-day event featured a lecture given by Dr. Joseph Fahey, Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan University and co-founder of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, and panel discussions in which LMU adjuncts spoke on the effects that adjunct working conditions have on LMU.

Dr. Fahey’s engaging and persuasive lecture, “Catholic Employers and Worker Rights: Problems and Possibilities,” addressed adjunct …

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RSVP for the St. Louis Adjunct Symposium on April 12

Saturday, April 12th, adjuncts from across the St. Louis metro area are coming together at the Missouri History Museum to discuss the most pressing issues facing contingent faculty: fair pay, job security, and the lack of voice within the university system.

You’re invited. Click here to RSVP.

The symposium will include panels on the contingent academic workforce and contingent faculty organizing, a discussion of campus organizing, and a number of speakers. It runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Adjunct Action is a …

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Howard University, Maryland Institute College of Art Adjuncts File for Union Elections

On March 7th, adjunct faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore filed for a union election and to join the SEIU Local 500 Coalition of Academic Labor. It’s another step forward in the movement to form adjunct faculty unions across America.

The news follows up a huge victory for Lesley University adjuncts in Boston who voted 84 percent to join SEIU/Adjunct Action. In the past two weeks, contingent faculty at Seattle University have also …

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USC’s Annenberg Radio: “Adjunct professors call for higher wages and benefits nationwide”

Part-time faculty members are forming unions across the country helping to build a movement in higher education to strengthen our profession. The University of Southern California’s Annenberg Radio Network profiled SEIU/Adjunct Action campaigns both in LA and around the nation this week and interviewed Loyola Marymount University adjunct instructor Emily Hallock.

Check it out below

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