a list of conferences, symposia & so forth

…for #adjuncts &al—adios Chicago…viva Baltimore & St Louis

April 11- 13: AFT National Higher Education Issues Conference: Reclaiming the Promise of HigherEd, Baltimore (agenda)

l-r: NFM Board Member Bill Lipkin, his UAF-NJ colleagues and board members 
Dave McClure and Lynne Cummins, with Randi Weingarten

Plus April 12! St. Louis Adjunct Symposium (SEIU). Livestream archived here.

Next on deck: Adjunct Symposium in Philadelphia (United Academics of Philadelphia, AFT), Saturday April 19th. Whether you are an adjunct or just someone who cares, come join us!

New Union at Colleges? #Adjunct Instructors Make Push

…@seattletimes education reporter @katherinelong writes about adjunct unionization in WA state & the Seattle area.

Act Together Washington, SEIU Local 925's unionization campaign underway at two private Seattle colleges, Seattle University and Pacific Lutheran University faces continuing administrative resistance despite strong adjunct and student support. Statewide, recent legislative efforts by the Washington Part-Time Faculty Association to establish the right of adjuncts to organize in separate unions stalled this session but will continue. Adjunct Justice, A new faculty majority, Dispatches from the Precarity Zone, and other online sources have covered the WPFA campaign in depth and continue to follow it.

Adjunct instructors are taking steps to unionize at two private Seattle-area colleges, and some community-college adjuncts want to form a separate union, apart from the one that currently represents them and other faculty.

Longtime adjunct activist Keith Hoeller (pictured above) of the Washington Part-Time Faculty Association invites us to post comments on the Times website:

Today The Seattle Times published, "New Union At Colleges?  Adjunct Instructors Make Push," an article on adjuncts and unions in Washington state.  It highlighted attempts by SEIU to organize adjuncts in the private colleges, and attempts by the Washington Part-Time Faculty Association to pass legislation requiring separate unions for part-time and full-time faculty. 

Ed note: posting link to COCAL's Contingent Academics mailing list, adj-l, Jack Longmate notes that a subscription may be necessary. Testing links sent by both Keith and Jack, I opened the article in different browsers without difficulty and hope you will be able do the same. 

SEIU Adjunct Union at American University-Julian Bond and the Rest of Us!

Beautiful news here about SEIU Adjunct Union at American University. The strength and gathering momentum of the nationwide movement for adcon visibility and empowerment!


And check out Julian Bond voting for the new union—now that's how star power Adjuncts should do it! Jill Biden, take note! (PS sign the petition too!)

Coalition of Academic Labor: Third Annual Forum on Part Time Faculty Unions

Saturday, Nov 19, 9am-1pm, Washington DC. See below for details on topics and calls for presentations. This is late getting this out (my bad), so contact Anne McLeer to make sure the Forum is still accepting presentations.

SEIU 2nd Annual Forum on Part-Time Faculty Unions

click image for larger version

Nov 19, 9 am-1 pm at SEIU; 1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Click here for map

Learn how part-time faculty at higher education institutions across the country are joining together to improve their jobs and the education their students receive at SEIU's second annual forum on part-time faculty unions. Our contributions in and out of the classroom have value regardless of our tenure status, say event organizers. All professors need wages that reflect that value, access to benefits, job security, not to mention a voice in the policies that affect our students and our working conditions. 

Please join us to learn how others are making it happen. The forum is free and includes a catered breakfast. 


Click here for an event flyer; email mcleera@seiu500.org or call 301-740-7122 to RSVP and for more information.