Adjunct

Fordham University Hates Adjuncts
Fordham University remains committed to paying adjunct faculty far less than a living wage, depriving them of health benefits, and discriminating against faculty in the Graduate School of Social Services.
Olivia Wood
August 8, 2022CUNY’s Reopening Plan Is a Nightmare for Adjuncts and Students
As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to surge, the inflexible reopening plan at the City University of New York (CUNY) has led to a wave of course cancellations and layoffs that have hit adjunct faculty and students especially hard.
A CUNY Adjunct Faculty Member
January 22, 2022Hundreds of CUNY Adjuncts to be Fired and Lose Health Insurance: Interview with Laid-off Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies
Adjunct faculty at CUNY have been exploited for decades and now, in the midst of the pandemic, they are facing mass layoffs. We spoke to one such adjunct, Sami Disu, about the university’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and how they are fighting back.
Left Voice
May 26, 2020CUNY Faculty On Verge of Wildcat Strike
After several hundred adjuncts were laid off at John Jay College, CUNY faculty --- rank and file members of the PSC --- have organized a wildcat strike to withhold spring grades.
James Dennis Hoff
May 19, 2020Strike Vote at CUNY Graduate Center
Members of the Professional Staff Congress at the CUNY Graduate Center voted to strike if the administration refuses to pay adjuncts $7k per course.
Left Voice
April 27, 2018Graduate Student-workers Push for ‘$7k or Strike’ at CUNY
On Thursday, April 26, adjuncts, professors and graduate assistants at CUNY will vote on whether to endorse a strike if their demand of $7,000 pay per course is not met by university management.
Left Voice
April 25, 2018Adjuncts: Underpaid, Overworked and Mobilizing on International Women’s Day
Adjuncts and other teachers are underpaid and undervalued. Thats why we will mobilize on March 8
Katie Entigar
March 6, 2018