Opinion: Exploited adjunct faculty at community colleges must learn from strike of UC workers [Opinion]
is a research assistant and graduate student at the University of San Diego and lives in San Diego.were arrested for trespassing at the UC President’s Office in Sacramento on Dec. 5, I watched and wondered if community college adjunct faculty were paying attention and thinking about their own lives as inflation takes its toll on our wages and other labor issues make life difficult.
Having the chance to teach in a discipline that had given me so much as a young person was an amazing way for my life to end up. I was going to be teaching young Mexican American students who were taking their first Chicano studies class much like I had when I was in their seats. I didn’t even think about how much money I was going to be paid or whether I would have health coverage or any other important benefits, I was just excited to be doing work in an area I was so passionate about.
It turns out I’m not the only one — the vast majority of faculty who teach at community colleges in California are adjunct workers. According to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, in fall 2021, adjuncts wereThis is a large majority and a powerful force if we could unite behind a list of demands.
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