College for All and a National Agenda for Labor in Higher Education (LAWCHA Plenary)
This summit brings together LAWCHA members, labor activists, Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education (SFNDHE), and union representatives serving a variety of higher ed workers to discuss the College for All bill and how to use it as a foundation for a bottom-up national movement, one that demands fair funding, fair tuition, and fair labor. SFNDHE successfully fought to include labor provisions that prioritize contingent faculty and tenure-track positions in the College for All bill–but there is still more to be done. LAWCHA members, as labor scholars, higher ed workers, and union organizers, have a vital role to play in this national agenda and the federal legislative battles ahead.
Endorsed by the LAWCHA Contingent Faculty Committee
- Higher Education Union Representatives TBA
- Jalil Mustaffa Bishop, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania and SFNDHE member
- Ian Gavigan, PhD candidate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Aimee Loiselle, SFNDHE Co-Facilitator and Postdoctoral Fellow at Smith College
- Eleni Schirmer, PhD Candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Moderator: Lane Windham, Georgetown University
View conference information at http://www.lawcha.org/annualmeeting/chicago-illinois-2021/program/
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