SDAFA | Adjuncts Helping Adjuncts
I’m not sure how much longer I am willing to be exploited despite my commitment to students and higher education. Chicano history has taught me that the people will only put up with so much before they finally say “¡ya basta!/enough!” and demand better employment conditions. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2022-12-19/community-college-strike-uc-ccc
A video interview and panel discussion about Adjuncts, Equal Pay For Equal Work, and the Suspension of Ex Board member Dr. Khaled Hussain of East LA Community College AFT1521: https://youtu.be/wY0M2PP4OKc Adjunct faculty play a critical role in education but they face desperate conditions with substandard pay, no seniority, and in most cases no benefits and […]
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On August 11, Dr. Mariette Rattner presented information related to her dissertation: Teaching in Context: Exploring the Factors that Influence Community College Faculty Teaching Practices. The video of the event is availble here. Flex credit is still available as an independent project.
They are reinterpreting their union motto “An injury to one is an injury to all” to mean “One colleague being underpaid is an affront to all faculty.”
These corrupt unions instead use contract negotiation and selective grieving to enshrine privileges for tenure-track faculty. Unions conspire with management to channel the surplus-value of contingent labor to tenure-track faculty and administrators.