Pictured Above: The temporary, part-time teachers campaigned for a union under the banner of Faculty Forward. Courtesy of Faculty Forward By Nancy McCann Adjunct faculty on the three USF campuses have
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Prior to adjunct faculty voting for a union, the lawyer Katherine Lev voluntarily met with adjuncts on the three separate campuses, in what university administration said, was to information and answer
Above photo: For months, USF system President Judy Genshaft’s administration fought the union effort by opposing it in filings with PERC and repeatedly attacking the union in emails to adjuncts. Jonah Hinebaugh
Above photo: Several individuals wearing “Faculty Forward” T-shirts questioned USF system president Judy Genshaft at a forum in October 2017 about the state of adjuncts. Jonah Hinebaugh | The Crow’s
Above photo: Cheryl DeFlavis (left), an adjunct at Hillsborough Community College, says a new union there is already improving things for adjuncts. But Olufunke Fontenot, the interim vice chancellor for academic
By Nancy McCann Adjunct faculty on the three campuses of the USF system can finally stop chanting “let us vote.” On Monday, it was announced that they were victorious in
Above photo: At a Nov. 29 rally on the Tampa campus, adjuncts rebuked USF System President Judy Genshaft and the university for fighting their efforts to hold a union election to
By Nancy McCann Although USF St. Petersburg relies heavily on adjunct professors, the university system says they are just temporary employees who fill “unexpected holes” in the teaching schedule and therefore
By Nancy McCann Friday the 13th was a lucky day for adjunct faculty members in the USF system who are seeking approval to hold a union election. In a 29-page
One of the last things college students expect to learn is that their instructor is living below the poverty level. Or can’t afford to take a modest vacation. Or is