Dear Alma: If You’re “Auda DeLoop”

Posted bySusan DavisPosted inCollective Bargaining, Contingent Faculty, Dear Alma, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, NTT, Uncategorized, UnionizationTags:, ,
Dear Alma

Dear Alma,

The lecturers and research assistant professors in my department seem unusually happy this week. Is something special going on?
Signed,  Auda DeLoop
Dear Auda,
Indeed — something is going on.  The UIUC full-time  non-tenure-track faculty (those with 51% or greater appointment) have filed for certification as a union.
“Learning” and “Labor” are busting some moves (dignified but triumphant).  Happy Graduation!
Love, Alma

 

Published by Susan Davis

I teach in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois.

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