tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post4014716684394681784..comments2024-03-28T17:33:30.224-04:00Comments on In the Service of Clio: Blog XXXIV (34): The Plight of the AdjunctNick Sarantakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08071764464888181459noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-8941739644398045052015-06-30T21:59:52.016-04:002015-06-30T21:59:52.016-04:00The enemy is definitely the University of Rhode Is...The enemy is definitely the University of Rhode Island administration. A part time adjunct union has finally been established there but adjuncts have no health care and no more job security then they had before. Adjuncts need to file a class action suit against the universities that grind them into hamburger for doing the same job in the classroom that star Ph.D. faculty perform.Tim Nortonhttp://nortonsnest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-91090710530014609062010-01-09T00:52:58.583-05:002010-01-09T00:52:58.583-05:00There's career politicians and chopping their ...There's career politicians and chopping their salaries in half. A group known as Citizens for a movement to radically change California government, by getting rid of California Reform wants to make the California legislature a part time time job, just like it was until 1966.<br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-66570667234993972792009-12-17T18:26:00.122-05:002009-12-17T18:26:00.122-05:00For several years, I taught five courses a semeste...For several years, I taught five courses a semester, but was not "full time" because the courses were allotted as 19% each. Twice the load, a fraction of the money. We have a union now and I teach 4/4 for 100% of my still, er, modest salary, but that can change as soon as breaking the union becomes an administrative goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-77244004132967402372009-12-09T23:25:24.416-05:002009-12-09T23:25:24.416-05:00Ugh. This post reminds me of my own horrible expe...Ugh. This post reminds me of my own horrible experiences as a sessional (what we call adjuncts here in Canada). I got blacklisted by a department once for going to my union to get paid for money owed under the terms of my contract. The dept had no lawful ground or reason to fight it but they did anyways. I finally got paid but, like Diane, I never got another chance to work there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-86901254733830139212009-12-07T17:05:22.850-05:002009-12-07T17:05:22.850-05:00That's illegal. Did you talk to the national ...That's illegal. Did you talk to the national labor relations board? Did the union try to do so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-61445304854994569212009-12-03T14:16:16.791-05:002009-12-03T14:16:16.791-05:00Having been an adjunct at New School University, a...Having been an adjunct at New School University, and other schools, I am grateful for this column. I taught 12+ courses, and was abruptly dropped after having been asked to teach the next semester because I had finally decided to support unionization of adjuncts, which I had opposed for a long time. At one point I was teaching 4 courses at 3 schools in NYC as an adjunct, & needed help from my mother to pay my 750/month rent for one room in someone else's apartment.Diana Wrighthttp://surprisedbytime.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-3156365762480517462009-12-01T22:16:21.131-05:002009-12-01T22:16:21.131-05:00Your essay was most interesting, and I don't k...Your essay was most interesting, and I don't know the particulars of Rhode Island, but I'm wondering if the enemy there was not public sector unions but the administration at the University? <br /><br />Here at HFCC, our full-time local tried to unionize the part-timers in 1980. The attempt went down in defeat by 35 votes (out of about 500 adjuncts), mainly from adjuncts from the business community who were ideologically anti-union.<br /><br />Last year, our adjuncts, now about 740 of them, unionized, mainly with their own effort but with assistance from the full-time local and the state affiliate.<br /><br />This is just one example, but in my experience, now nearly 14 years in a union, I've generally found other unions to supportive of fostering unionization elsewhere. Generally, I've found the problem to be with the executive administrators and the state politicians.<br /><br />Just a thought<br /><br />Hal Friedman<br />History Department<br />Henry Ford Community College<br />Secretary, HFCC Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1650Hal Friedmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-37767607064534152682009-12-01T11:59:13.365-05:002009-12-01T11:59:13.365-05:00Corbin,
Read Blog XXVI and Blog XXXIII. Both ess...Corbin,<br /><br />Read Blog XXVI and Blog XXXIII. Both essays focus on that very issue. Then, visit sarantakes.com for my e-mail address, if you want to discuss issues more.Nick Sarantakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071764464888181459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232811637669592992.post-40579104120653064822009-12-01T07:37:35.954-05:002009-12-01T07:37:35.954-05:00Dr. Sarantakes,
I've been reading the posts o...Dr. Sarantakes,<br /><br />I've been reading the posts on working in the field of history with interest as I am currently applying to graduate school with the intention of studying military history. I'd be interested in asking you and some of the guest bloggers some questions about teaching at a DoD school. What would be the best way to contact you?<br /><br />Corbin WilliamsonCWilliamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070911526340355601noreply@blogger.com