[lbo-talk] A public square

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Tue May 22 08:23:59 PDT 2007


andie nachgeborenen wrote:


>The American Philosophical Association (to which I
>still belong) publication Jobs for Philosophers is
>advertising a tenure track position at U-C Riverside
>with a starting salary of $42K a year, substantially
>less than the median income and in a n area where the
>median house price in $2005 was $369K.
>
This is about the starting pay for a public school teacher in Oakland.


>
>Why doesn't the professoriate radicalize and organize
>against the low salaries, job insecurity, terrible
>working conditions?
>
Because there are at least 300 applicants for every job?

Joanna



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