Adjunct Action unites adjunct professors at campuses across the country to address the crisis in higher education and the troubling trend toward a marginalized teaching faculty that endangers our profession. Read more…
Why are adjuncts coming together?
“I am a graduate of La Verne and have been teaching here for 31 years. I have always been committed to the university’s vision and goals to provide the highest quality education. I support a union because it will unify the adjunct faculty and provide a collective voice to express our concerns and needs.”
Michael Ryan, University of La Verne
“Whittier College adjuncts recently voted in favor of forming a union with SEIU/Adjunct Action, and we are looking forward to bargaining a fair contract that will dignify the important work we perform. It’s an exciting time as adjuncts who have been invisible within the academic community for so long are finally being heard. We encourage our colleagues at the University of La Verne and Loyola Marymount University to join our movement.”
Kate Durbin, Whittier College
“Georgetown adjuncts are bargaining for our first contract. We voted to form a union last May. We now have a real voice in discussions to substantially improve the relationship with the University. We are part of a strong national movement. We join adjunct faculty at other institutions across the region and the country to create fairer, healthier professional working conditions.”
Dick America, Georgetown University
“Being an adjunct can be an isolating experience. Our schedules alone discourage interaction with one another. However, stories I’ve heard from fellow contingent faculty since I became involved in the adjunct unionization efforts — of little job security, lack of benefits, the struggle to get by on sometimes astonishingly low wages — has led to a growing awareness of our shared contingent status. Coming together with fellow adjunct faculty, I recognized a way forward to a better future through unity and collective action.”
Rebecca Gibson, Tufts University
