Happy May Day! If you’re in a union that represents all faculty at your institution, contingent or otherwise, and you aren’t considering the needs contingent faculty, you fail to understand the purpose of a union.
If you’re at an institution with separate unions for contingent and TT faculty, and you fail to act in solidarity with the contingent faculty union, you are complicit in maintaining the exploitation of your colleagues.
If you’re at an institution with a grad union, and you fail to stand in solidarity with the grad students, you are complicit in maintaining the exploitation of your colleagues and your students.
Worse, if you take on their work duties while they’re striking, you’re a scab.
Worse, if you take on their work duties while they’re striking, you’re a scab.
All this is to say that being an academic, especially a tenured academic, does not absolve you of your responsibility to act in solidarity with your colleagues, your students, and your fellow workers.
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