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Adjuncts Struggle to Unionize at a Liberal College
Adjunct Action Day on February 25 highlighted the working conditions of adjuncts, who make up about 70% of the American professoriate. Adjuncts usually make $20,000–$25,000 a year, often by teaching courses at various institutions each semester. They have no job … Continue reading
Posted in Class and Education, Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Labor and Community Activism
Tagged academic labor, adjunct faculty, SEIU
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The Future of Labor Unions and Community Coalitions
Over the last 30 years, the American labor movement has periodically gone through wrenching discussions of its failures to organize new workers and grow its membership. See, for example, “The Changing Situation of Workers and Their Unions” (February, 1985), “New … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, John Russo, Labor and Community Activism
Tagged activism, coalition building, community organizing, labor movement, labor unions, SEIU, Trumka
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