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Slave Labor in CUNY: The Plight of the Adjunct

"Slave Labor in CUNY: The Plight of the Adjunct," published in the City College of New York's (CCNY) Student Senate Publication in November 1979, attempted to dispel any misconceptions about adjunct faculty’s working conditions by highlighting the low pay and their precarious status. It called for adjunct faculty to "band together and refuse to be slaves."

Source | The Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Creator | Loekle, Jane
Date Created | November 1979
Rights | Copyright S.U.F.A
Item Type | Text (Article / Essay)
Cite This document | Loekle, Jane, “Slave Labor in CUNY: The Plight of the Adjunct,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/9092.

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