The lawsuits and progress towards a Unified Faculty Model have polarized full-timers and unions, forcing them to choose between continuing to exploit their part-time colleagues or working towards equal work for equal pay.
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San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association
SDAFA | Adjuncts Helping Adjuncts
The lawsuits and progress towards a Unified Faculty Model have polarized full-timers and unions, forcing them to choose between continuing to exploit their part-time colleagues or working towards equal work for equal pay.
A video interview and panel discussion about Adjuncts, Equal Pay For Equal Work, and the Suspension of Ex Board member Dr. Khaled Hussain of East LA Community College AFT1521: https://youtu.be/wY0M2PP4OKc Adjunct faculty play a critical role in education but they face desperate conditions with substandard pay, no seniority, and in most cases no benefits and […]
These corrupt unions instead use contract negotiation and selective grieving to enshrine privileges for tenure-track faculty. Unions conspire with management to channel the surplus-value of contingent labor to tenure-track faculty and administrators.
[SDAFA response to discussion on the SDCCD district email list] Fellow faculty members, We’ve had quite a beginning to this conversation about our next contract. Unfortunately, some have suggested that adjuncts don’t have enough “skin in the game” and a divisive tone has emerged that pits adjuncts against full-time faculty. There is a […]
SDAFA wholeheartedly supports the democratic process and true union spirit of all of the community college unions of San Diego county which include the AFT Guild 1931, the Mira Costa College Academic Associate Faculty, the Palomar Faculty Federation, and the Southwestern College Education Association. Two years ago, SDAFA discussed the potential impact of the Friedrichs vs […]
#UnrigTheSystem On Saturday, February 24, SDAFA joined with thousands of working people and their allies gathered at rallies across the country to demand an end to a system and an economy that’s rigged against us by the wealthy and powerful. The local rally was held at Convention Center Park in San Diego. The main purpose […]