Updates in brief and links<\/p>\n
1. More responses to the Delphi report on the changing faculty and support for adjuncts 2. Cost of misclassifying workers as independent contractors (this happens to some teachers especially in extension and similar programs) 3. Grad unions active while awaiting NLRB ruling on their right to unionize under NLRA 4. Cyber learning and the for-profits 5. A Philly, PA area adjunct deal with cancer while teaching up to 7 classes. 6. Good blog on workplace issues by Cory Robin, a TT prof in CA and formerly a leader of the Yale grad union (and author of the great book, “FEAR, the history of a political idea” which has a wonderful chapter on fear as a factor in the workplace, drawn largely from his Yale expereinces. See his blog at: Updates in brief and links 1. More responses to the Delphi report on the changing faculty and support for adjuncts http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2012\/08\/03\/new-effort-discuss-adjuncts-and-faculty-jobs 2. Cost of misclassifying workers as independent contractors (this happens to some teachers especially in extension and similar programs) … Continue reading
\nhttp:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2012\/08\/03\/new-effort-discuss-adjuncts-and-faculty-jobs<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2012\/08\/02\/1115763\/-Daily-Kos-Labor-digest-Workers-and-states-lose-big-bucks-from-employee-misclassification<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/labornotes.org\/blogs\/2012\/07\/eager-unionize-grad-workers-wait-nlrbs-thumbs<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.dailycensored.com\/2012\/08\/05\/cyber-earning-the-big-enchilada-point-and-click-education-in-the-age-of-irrationality\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-08-05\/news\/33049741_1_adjuncts-cat-scan-entire-class#.UB-8aXls3k4.gmail<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/coreyrobin.com\/category\/laborworkplace\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"