The National Mobilization for Equity is a new coalition focusing on organizing May Day and other activities to support the majority of college teachers who are currently “contingent.” Educational quality cannot be sustained on the backs of more than a million underpaid teachers without any job security, academic freedom, basic benefits and other essential forms of support.
Join the Mobilization for Equity to help organize May Day and other activities in support of the Mayday $5K Campaign or simply to highlight the staffing crisis in higher education and the need for change.
Be a part of building a broad-based movement to activate the nation’s contingent faculty at the grass-roots level. Increased public awareness will also help efforts by unions and other organizations working with state or federal entities to advance contractual and legislative remedies.
In addition to contingents, we need to reach out to tenure-track faculty, retirees, students and their parents, allied organizations, community groups and the general public. Organizing May Day and other events around the country can help develop a national grass-roots movement to better support the majority of college teachers and thereby improve the quality of education for our students.
I just repinned #mobilize4equity to the top of the page at https://facebook.com/precarious.faculty.rising + added another image
Power to contingent faculty!
Curtis, please let us know about Chicago May Day activities that adjuncts and contingent faculty are organizing or participating in so I
Some Chicago higher education activists will be forming a contingent (no pun intended) in the parade – join CACHE, and spread the word! Flyer’s here: http://cachechicago.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/may-day-flyer.jpg
Looking forward to posting your parade pictures — already have the flyer on slide show, CACHE’s Facebook link on the page sidebar and Week of Rage on our Actions page, http://nationalmobilizationforequity.org/action/
Hey All,
Thanks for the kudos you tossed my way regarding AB 1690. A quick update: the bill is now going to the floors of the CA House and Senate, where it is expected to pass.
The big challenge will be the governor, but we think he’s very open to persuasion.
Be looking for my posts on the Crisis for this, discussion of an Adjunct Activist Toolkit I’ve put together, and updates regarding Campus Equity Week.
By the way, are any of you within the AFT. I am Vice President of the AFT National Adjunct Caucus and the chair of the Organizing Committee. We’re looking for AFT adjuncts or NTT who’d like to join and who are especially interested in organizing,
My email is mixinminao@gmail.com
Geoff Johnson
AFT Adjunct Rep, San Diego Mesa College
CTA/NEA/SCEA Executive Adjunct Rep., Southwestern Community College
AFT National Adjunct Caucus Vice President
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