Hello to everyone, and hope you’re doing well! Jenn, Luke, and I, along with our friends/colleagues at OpenCUNY, have agreed for some time that the Adjunct Project website—this site right here that you’re visiting—could use a redesign to make it
National Adjunct Walkout Day (#NAWD) at the GC!
Adjunct faculty equal 59% of CUNY faculty but only earn 29%-38% of what full-time faculty earn per course. The time for adjunct pay parity is now! Join us tomorrow (Wednesday, February 25), 11:30a-12:30p, in front of the Graduate Center’s entrance
Petition to End the 9-6 Rule
CUNY colleagues, As you are probably aware, there is a rule in the PSC-CUNY contract limiting adjunct faculty to teaching 9 credits at one CUNY college and 6 credits at a second CUNY college each semester. Though it has been
Resolution for $7K Adjunct Salary Per Course Passes DSC Unanimously!
The following resolution calling on the Professional Staff Congress to include a demand for a $7000 minimum starting salary per three-credit course for adjuncts in ongoing contract negotiations—and for CUNY and the PSC to bargain the demand in good faith—passed
Audio of #altCOCAL, Aug. 6, 2014
Listen here for the audio of today’s #altCOCAL convening at the CUNY Graduate Center. More details to come.
#altCOCAL: A Debriefing & Discussion of COCAL XI
COCAL XI, the eleventh conference of the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor, takes place Monday, August 4, through Wednesday, August 6, at John Jay College/CUNY. We invite all those attending COCAL XI—and all those who are not—to join us for
Contingent Representation and $5K Contract Demand
The two campaigns the Adjunct Project is participating in for contingent representation at CUNY’s union, the open letter calling on the union leadership to represent contingent academic laborers, and the call for $5K per adjunct per course as a bottom-line contract
Day 4–No Response from CUNY Union Pres.
Tuesday at 3:40 p.m. I sent an open letter to Barbara Bowen, president of the Professional Staff Congress, CUNY’s union, with the subject line “Open letter re your De Blasio statement & your exclusion of adjuncts and graduate student workers.” I copied
Open Letter to CUNY Union Pres. Barbara Bowen
To sign this letter, please visit its new site here and leave a comment with your academic affiliation (if you have one). All are welcome in this effort to hold the union leadership accountable at the largest university by enrollment
$5K Per Course Must Be Bottom-Line Contract Demand
To sign this call, please visit its new site here and leave a comment with your name and CUNY affiliation(s). Thanks! What is needed is to take steps that concretely improve the situation of the majority of the instructional staff
