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July 23, 2026

Tidbits-July 23: Reader Comments: World Cup, Trump Booed Heard Round the World; ICE Killings; AOC Should Run; GOP: More Money for Pentagon To Fight Communism in US; Israel Issue Flips; Diarrhea Outbreak; Testosterone Army; Save Queens College Jobs

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Reader Comments: World Cup and Trump Booed Heard Round the World; ICE Killings; AOC Should Run; GOP Wants More Money for Pentagon to Fight Communism in U.S.; Israel Issue Flips; Worst Diarrhea Outbreak; Testosterone Army; Save Queens College Jobs;

March 23, 2023

Strike at the New School Spawned a Radical Coalition That’s Still Going Strong

Miles Hamberg Truthout

A post-strike coalition at The New School has dreams of transforming the university and higher education more broadly.

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November 21, 2022

Part-Time Faculty Strike at NYC’s New School Continues As Contract Talks Stall

Jake Offenhartz Gothamist

Adjunct faculty at the New School in New York City enter their second week of a strike. The university advertises itself as socially conscious but has not raised adjunct pay since 2018, resulting in an effective 18% pay cut adjusted for inflation.

December 9, 2021

Editorial: Colleges’ Overreliance on Adjunct Faculty is Bad for Students, Instructors and Academic Freedom

Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Los Angeles Times

As higher education hires more adjuncts, it also relies on them more. Colleges and universities can’t fulfill their teaching mission without them — which gives part-timers more power, if they choose to use it.

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February 27, 2020

Serfs of Academe

Charles Petersen The New York Review of Books

The plight of academic adjuncts, those Ph.D's working full-time at low wages, no benefits and little job security, viewed not just as prototypical exploited gig workers and units of flexibility but also as an advanced contingent of union activists.

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November 14, 2019

Beyond the MOA: PSC’s Path Forward

Lynn Turner and Rosa Squillacote Medium.com

Our colleagues who support the contract must understand that this is not enough, just as our colleagues who are against the contract must understand that the fight doesn’t stop here; both groups must recognize that we need each other to move forward.

April 23, 2019

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - April 23, 2019

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Taxes; Voting Rights; Private Insurance vs Medicare For All; Collegiate Survival; Reading vs Racism; Fascist Cops Fired

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July 18, 2018

Fordham Faculty Ratify First Contract, Win 67%-90% Raises For a Majority of Adjuncts

SEIU Faculty Forward SEIU Faculty Forward

The contract at the Jesuit institution includes wage increases of 67% to 90% for a majority of adjunct faculty over the three-year contract.

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April 28, 2016

The Union Advantage for Contingent Faculty

Gregory N Heires The New Crossroads

A new report says faculty and graduate students at 70 colleges have voted to unionize in the past three years. There are close to 1 million adjuncts working at colleges and universities. One example of organizing is the Faculty Forward campaign by the Service Employees International Union. They have won 38 of 41 representation elections since 2013.

April 17, 2015

Faculty Join Fast Food in the Fight for $15

Justin Miller The American Prospect

Like the other low-wage workers that protested yesterday, the ultimate goal of the burgeoning adjunct faculty movement is fair pay and decent working conditions. What yesterday’s demonstrations showed was that this could be a substantial and sustainable struggle that is primed to create waves throughout the labor market. And unifying all low-wage workers—from fast food to faculty—will be an important part of that.

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