The following links (news/opinion pieces) have been excerpted from the COCAL listserv email sent out on Friday March 11, 2011. If you’re not already on the list, it is really a great resource for keeping up to date on adjunct happenings and discussions nationally, and labor issues in general. The links are compiled by Joe Berry, an adjunct activist formerly based in Illinois/Chicago (http://chicagococal.org/)
“Stuck with Adjuncts”
http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/stuck-with-adjuncts/28176Article against higher ed unions in USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-03-03-column03_ST_N.htmAdjuncts in NY and Chicago consider strike action.
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7024/adjuncts_outrage_in_chicago_and_new_york/Losing the narrative on the public employee debate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/losing-the-narrative-on-p_b_830943.html?ref=email_shareParent of Ohio’s Bill 5 against faculty collective bargaining revealed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/03/09/head_of_ohio_university_association_hatched_idea_to_kill_faculty_unions