2007-05-02 Organizing when our dayjob is a labor of love.

2007-05-02 \US academia\corruption in academia http://www.waagnfnp.com/2007/05/02/organizing-when-our-dayjob-is-a-labor-of-love/ Organizing when our dayjob is a labor of love. &ldquo;The staggering thing to me is that we went almost two years without a contract before we could bring ourselves to the point where we were ready to strike. .. Iâ€™ve been reflecting upon this, and it occurs to me that there are certain features of a good many faculty members that make it hard for us to embark easily on a job action. In honor of May Day, Iâ€™ll describe them here.&ldquo; Author goes on to describe some aspects of academic life which seem rather problematic, including the way everything is run by administrators (rather than by educators).   