Resources
Websites:
SEIU's website for their Bay Area adjunct faculty union drive:
http://adjunctactionbayarea-seiu1021.nationbuilder.com/
SEIU's website for their national Adjunct Action campaign:
http://adjunctaction.org
SFAI's faculty organizing website:
http://sfaivisiting4life.wordpress.com/about/
MICA (Maryland Institute College of Design) faculty organizing website
http://micaadjuncts.org/
CCA students and alumni supporters Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CCAStudentsAndAlumniForAdjunctUnion
Here is the link to SEIU Local 500 in DC, the ones who have unionized adjuncts the longest (a decade maybe?). On their site are links to Adjunct contracts that have been in place for a long time.
http://www.seiu500.org/
This is a link to a Diane Rehm show on NPR. She speaks with a provost from American University talking about how unionized adjuncts have made many things better from his perspective, even though he was unsure at first:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-04-16/growing-reliance-adjunct-professors
A Personal Story about adjunct and lecturer working conditions
http://andrewrobinson.roon.io/6-9-2014
Exploitation in the Ivory Tower (from the CBC on Ira Basen's documentary - w/ audio)
http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/documentaries/2014/09/07/class-struggle/
Articles:
East Bay Express' article about union effort at Mills:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-battle-for-adjunct-faculty-rights/Content?oid=4026313
Blaming the Victim: Ladder Faculty and the Lack of Adjunct Activism (from Chronicle of Higher Ed)
http://adjunct.chronicle.com/blaming-the-victim-ladder-faculty-and-the-lack-of-adjunct-activism/
NY Times article on Adjuncts forming unions (just one of many recent articles on the subject!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/us/more-college-adjuncts-see-strength-in-union-numbers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Don't Let Adjunct Bashing Go Unchallenged (from Chronicle of Higher Ed)
http://chronicle.com/article/Offensive-Letter-Justifies/148551/
Your Right to Organize:
Here's a FAQ on grassroots labor organizing from coworker.org
https://www.coworker.org/about_us
Letters of Support
Local politicians, community leaders, and others:
http://adjunctactionbayarea-seiu1021.nationbuilder.com/cca_elected_support
More to come!
SEIU's website for their Bay Area adjunct faculty union drive:
http://adjunctactionbayarea-seiu1021.nationbuilder.com/
SEIU's website for their national Adjunct Action campaign:
http://adjunctaction.org
SFAI's faculty organizing website:
http://sfaivisiting4life.wordpress.com/about/
MICA (Maryland Institute College of Design) faculty organizing website
http://micaadjuncts.org/
CCA students and alumni supporters Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CCAStudentsAndAlumniForAdjunctUnion
Here is the link to SEIU Local 500 in DC, the ones who have unionized adjuncts the longest (a decade maybe?). On their site are links to Adjunct contracts that have been in place for a long time.
http://www.seiu500.org/
This is a link to a Diane Rehm show on NPR. She speaks with a provost from American University talking about how unionized adjuncts have made many things better from his perspective, even though he was unsure at first:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-04-16/growing-reliance-adjunct-professors
A Personal Story about adjunct and lecturer working conditions
http://andrewrobinson.roon.io/6-9-2014
Exploitation in the Ivory Tower (from the CBC on Ira Basen's documentary - w/ audio)
http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/documentaries/2014/09/07/class-struggle/
Articles:
East Bay Express' article about union effort at Mills:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-battle-for-adjunct-faculty-rights/Content?oid=4026313
Blaming the Victim: Ladder Faculty and the Lack of Adjunct Activism (from Chronicle of Higher Ed)
http://adjunct.chronicle.com/blaming-the-victim-ladder-faculty-and-the-lack-of-adjunct-activism/
NY Times article on Adjuncts forming unions (just one of many recent articles on the subject!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/us/more-college-adjuncts-see-strength-in-union-numbers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Don't Let Adjunct Bashing Go Unchallenged (from Chronicle of Higher Ed)
http://chronicle.com/article/Offensive-Letter-Justifies/148551/
Your Right to Organize:
Here's a FAQ on grassroots labor organizing from coworker.org
https://www.coworker.org/about_us
Letters of Support
Local politicians, community leaders, and others:
http://adjunctactionbayarea-seiu1021.nationbuilder.com/cca_elected_support
More to come!
