Read “Life in academic poverty as an underpaid university teacher: ‘They just don’t want to pay’”
Read the September 2016 article about contract or adjunct faculty in American higher education: As an adjunct, Wangerin is employed on a casual basis and earns somewhere between half and […]
Contract Faculty at Laurier? – Two PP slides that can help!
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The perils of using supply and demand to justify contingent academic labour
“The argument [in academia] is that the supply of ‘good’ jobs is not sufficient, therefore, contingent faculty either must be satisfied with their usually meager pay, or do the only […]
WLUFA Advocate 5.1
WLUFA-Advocate-Oct-2016 Please note: The name of the individual in the CUPE 926’s Super 16 article has been removed at the request of the individual.
Read the “New report on sessional faculty in Ontario universities”
Released in July 2016, “A Survey of Sessional Faculty in Ontario Publicly-Funded Universities” by Field and Jones “…takes a step towards addressing the lack of evidence to guide debate on […]
“Challenging Precarious Academic Work”
Presentation slides and complete audio recordings of every session from OCUFA’s “Challenging precarious academic work” conference are now available online. People who missed out on the conference the first time […]
The CBC’s Sunday Edition: Academia’s dirty little secret
Canadian universities are being quietly kept afloat by low-paid, contract teachers with no job security or benefits. Ira Basen‘s documentary is called “Class Struggle.” http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/listen.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds=2508334466&mediaIds=2508334461&contentarea=radio&subsection1=radio1&subsection2=currentaffairs&subsection3=the_sunday_edition&contenttype=audio&title=2015/09/06/1.3215479-levine-flexhaug;-coalition-governments;-low-paid-contract-teachers-at-canadian-universities;-oliver-sacks&contentid=1.3215479
Buttons in support of CF are in!
Faculty are the heart of Laurier – all faculty. Wear Your Support for Contract Faculty! Send us an email with your name and department at wlufa@wlu.ca to have a button […]
Orange Shirt Day in honour of the survivors of the Residential Schools PLEASE SHARE
She:kon Sewakwe:kon, Just a reminder that Friday is the 3rd annual Wear your Orange Shirt Day. I am attaching a simple graphic (below) that you may wish to use in […]
Rally for decent work on October 1
There is an important rally for decent work on October 1 at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Faculty will be taking part to draw attention to the need for more fairness for contract faculty […]