"Unfair, Unjust, and Un-Jesuit." was the rallying cry across the campus community.
Yesterday members of the Part Time Faculty Association (PTFA) sponsored a speakout to highlight how poorly their members are treated by a cheapskate administration. Adjunct professors, who teach 45 percent of the credit hours offered, have little job security, no advancement path, and low pay -- and the powers-that-be want freeze their pay in this time of inflation! The administration is dragging out bargaining talks in the hope of outlasting these insecure workers.
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| Hwaji Shin from Sociology brought a solidarity message from the Full Time faculty -- who have their own struggles with the administration. |
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| Michael Hammond, a part-timer who teaches in Rhetoric and Communications, explained the union's demands. |
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| PTFA's elected leadership and organizers stood up for a picture at their successful public action. |
Yes, that's Erudite Partner right in the middle of the Red for Ed bunch.
University administrators all over are facing an aroused workforce. The entrenched system of exploiting labor at rich knowledge factories is breaking down. Tomorrow adjunct instructors at University of California campuses have called for a two-day strike.
Thanks to PTFA for the photos. I unable to attend to take my own.
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