[lbo-talk] Sessionals

[Miles Jackson]

joanna wrote:
> tfast wrote:
> 
> 
>>Here is a link to a quick and dirty summary of the increasing trend 
>>toward the casualization of university instruction in Canada.  The US 
>>is of course the new Canadian model.
>> 
>>http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/article.jsp?content=20070322_121657_8072
>>____________________________________
> 
> 
> Maybe this is good news. Maybe it's a way to introduce class 
> consciousness into academia. Maybe it's a way to begin organize 
> intellectual workers.

Academia is one of the last bastions of union strength.  We're already 
organized!  Granted, not all AFT/NEA affiliated faculty are advocating 
outright socialism, but we're fighting the good fight.
> 
> I have no clue. I am hoping to retire in about eight years, at which 
> point I'll find out because I'm heading straight for a part time job in 
> academia.

I encourage you to join the union at whatever colleges and universities 
you work in.  Improving working conditions for adjunct faculty is a 
major priority for both AFT and the NEA.

Miles