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Hi Matt, I don't remember the specific details at this moment, but a couple of years ago, we had a lecturer strike at UC Santa Barbara (it was over wages), and it was supported by both the full-time faculty and grad students- my profs either canceled class or held them off campus so as not to cross the picket lines. The lecturers ended up getting what they wanted from what I remember. Monique Howard Smead <howard@HOWARDSMEAD.COM> wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 > From: Matthew Birkhold <birkhold@gmail.com> > Subject: Adjunct employment > > Hey Annaliese, > > Is it possible for you to say a little more about tenured faculty > being scared for their job? I recently got into it with the president > of the full-time faculty union (there is no part timers union) where I > teach and said that until faculty unions begin reaching out to > part-timers, the university will continue to outsource jobs to > adjuncts. At that point she quit speaking to me. > > I have since come to the point where I am arguing that full time > faculty members are looking at adjuncts like white unionized white > workwers historically looked at black workers and excluded them from > unions because they saw them as a threat. Managers saw this and used > black workers to keep the wages of white workers low. To this day we > see the same thing in terms of immigrants. If full timers were to > support our organizing efforts and create a united front, the > university would be forced to open full time lines and everyone would > have work. > > Speaking of all this, has anyone seen any part-time organizing > attempts recieve support from either full time unions or grad student > unions? > > Hope all is well. > > peace, matt > > On 11/14/07, Howard Smead <howard@howardsmead.com> wrote: >> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 >> From: Annaliese Schofield anna@net1plus.com >> Subject: Adjunct employment >> >> I have an entire research document in PowerPoint format on the changing face >> of higher education. One thing that comes across very strong is the growth >> in the use of adjunct instructors. However conflicting the statistics >> appear, the fact remains that as long as tenure faculty and administrators >> do not remain dinosaurs (committed to the past ways) there is more than >> enough room for all types of instructors. The future does appear to lean >> more towards the use of adjuncts to save money, but the growth in the >> industry is so strong and the information highway moving so rapidly, that >> higher ed needs all the help they can get. There is so much room for >> research into all the changes and information is moving so rapidly that >> tenure faculty no longer have time on their side to get their research >> completed. >> >> Nothing I read even remotely suggested that adjunct instructors were >> inferior to their tenure cohorts, in fact the opposite appears to be trueas >> they are not bogged down with research. >> >> The difficulty is more political. Tenure faculty are fearful for their >> positions and adjuncts are fighting for benefits and recognition. >> >> Again, just my two cents worth. I like to look at the fears and the >> opportunities for each side of an issue. >> >> Peace >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Howard Smead" <howard@HOWARDSMEAD.COM> >> To: <H-ADJUNCT@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:43 AM >> Subject: of course they do! >> >> >>> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 >>> From: Sarah Massey-Warren <design-write@mindspring.com> >>> Subject: of course they do! >>> >>> And adjuncts get paid nothing for doing so, and are constantly at risk for >>> no employment. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:18 PM, Howard Smead wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 >>>> From: jpritch@icsmail.net >>>> Subject: of course they do! >>>> >>>> Well of course adjuncts assign more top marks for student performance! >>>> Adjuncts are better teachers-- more focused, more directed, and able to >>>> channel student energy in positive directions. Net result? Students do >>>> better. >>>> >>>> james pritchard >>>> Ames, Iowa >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > If one needs a community to resist interdependence must be seen as a > moral obligation. -- Monique Vallance Ph.D. Candidate Dept of History mmvallance@umail.ucsb.edu
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