Updates in brief and links<\/p>\n
1. More on adjuncts not being paid at York College, CUNY<\/a><\/p>\n 2. A message from Weldon Cowan at Federation of Post Secondary Educators in BC, Canada about their recent (and historic) conference.<\/p>\n And after that below is a report of the weekend from Jack Longmate, who was also there.<\/p>\n 3. Maria Maisto of NFM, Peter Schmidt of IHE and and Kip Lornell of George Washington U and SEIU Local 500 in DC on radio about us.<\/a><\/p>\n 4. SEIU Local 500 organizing adjunct at Georgetown U<\/a> and pursuing a metro (regional) strategy <\/a> <\/p>\n 5. A New Faculty Path<\/a><\/p>\n 6. More on Governor Brown’s (of CA) veto of right to a union for UC research assistants 7. Dec. 1, 2012, Contingent faculty conference in Washington, DC (see below)<\/p>\n 8. BC (Canada) Education plan linked to private corporations<\/a><\/p>\n 9. Rise of the Reluctant Part-timer Class<\/a><\/p>\n 10. World Teachers Day Oct 5 and a video from Dawson College teachers union in Quebec (see below)<\/p>\n 11. Temp warehouse workers at Walmart strike in LA and Chicago. [contingent workers on the move?]<\/a> and an update from Chicago <\/a> and an eruption of new strikes at other Walmart contractors <\/a><\/p>\n 12. New IWW labor history calendar now available. details below<\/p>\n 13. Sign petition to resist union-busting at East-West U in Chicago, where the two key leaders have yet again been “not rehired” and given zero classes.<\/a><\/p>\n 14. Continued strike at University of the Agean in Greece,largely over layoffs and non-appointment to permanent positions of adjuncts<\/a><\/p>\n 15. List of online teaching jobs open (see below)<\/p>\n 16. For-profit (Christian) Grand Canyon U gets another campus and pursues a somewhat different path from the other for-profits<\/a><\/p>\n 17. Pablo Eisenberg addresses low wages of many workers on campuses (He is also on NFM’s advisory board.)<\/a><\/p>\n 18. Disappearance of public intellectuals<\/a>, Henry Giroux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updates in brief and links 1. More on adjuncts not being paid at York College, CUNY 2. A message from Weldon Cowan at Federation of Post Secondary Educators in BC, Canada about their recent (and historic) conference. And after that … Continue reading
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