March 2012
15 posts
Why College Students Need to Support Their...
My first article for the Huffington Post!
Last month, adjunct professors at my school, American University, voted to form a union and join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), local 500. They join part-time professors from George Washington University, Montgomery College and schools across the nation in coming together to form unions of part-time professors. Many people often think...
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Struggling to Organize, Adjuncts Succeed at...
Adjunct professors at American University in Washington, D.C., won a union last month, but not before two years of organizing made it possible. The campaign started as adjuncts met in each other’s homes and slowly grew to encompass rallies, marches, and flashmobs from supportive students.
Adjuncts are a notoriously transient workforce, shuttling between many campuses to pull together enough...
