* Come to this An Event November 9 The Vermont Troublemakers School will be a great opportunity for union members, stewards, and community activists to share strategies and build the solidarity needed for the struggles ahead. Join us for a day of discussion, training,networking, and inspiration!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1501904083401213/
* Contract Resource Docs:
Part Time Contract (expired since August): http://www.vsc.edu/faculty-and-staff/
VSC_Bargaining_Units/VSC%20Part%20Time%20Faculty%20Contract%202010-2014.pdf
Full Time Contract (expired since August):
http://www.vsc.edu/faculty-and-staff/VSC_Bargaining_Units/VSC%20FTF%20A…
* 2014 AFT Convention Resolutions: Click on this link to find ALL the Links to ALL the resolutions passed by the AFT Convention this summer in LA:
http://www.aft.org/about/resolutions?articleid=19602
* Watch this “Stop Corporate U” UVM Student Activists Video: There seems to be SO MUCH going on at UVM—including a protest video outside of a trustees meeting!
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/2777369717001/1/UVM-students-march-on-Board-…
* Media Watch on Higher Ed Issues: Click on this link for an AFT magazine featuring the article “Ripped Apart": The trends of deprofessionalizing faculty and staff are hurting students too.”
http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/oc_summer14.pdf
* Click on this link to see and hear a disheartening video about who is benefitting from the growing student debt crisis:
http://www.aft.org/news/wall-street-skim-higher-education
* Click here to hear Equal Time Radio on the philosophy of what is really at stake in the UVM negotiations:
http://www.equaltimeradio.com/2014/more-at-stake-than-wages-in-uvm-nego…
* Click on this link to hear about UVM staff organizing on Equal Time Radio:
http://www.equaltimeradio.com/2014/why-uvm-staff-are-organizing-for-a-v…
* Click here to read about South Burlington educators on strike: http://www.sbeducators.org/
* Here is a good summary of three AFT resolutions that hit home for higher ed AFT members:
http://www.aft.org/news/higher-education-resolutions-hit-hot-button-iss…
* Click on this link to read about the adjuncts at Temple University:
http://www.afthighered.org/2014/09/22/a-sign-of-hope-for-adjuncts-at-te…
* Click on this link for the AFT resolution against so-called academic freedom bills that undermine the accurate teaching of evolution:
http://www.aft.org/resolution/against-so-called-academic-freedom-bills-…
* Click on this link to see the AFT calling for the end to the exploitation of and reliance on the contingent academic labor system in higher education:
http://www.aft.org/resolution/ending-exploitation-and-reliance-continge…
* Click on the link in this article to read the Greenpeace investigation into how Koch money is affecting academic freedom:
http://www.afthighered.org/2014/09/18/koch-money-is-influencing-more-th…
* Click here to see who is getting tenure track jobs (posted by United Academics):
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/679-who-s-getting-tenure-track-jobs-it-…
* Click here to find articles on PhD job searches and career paths:
https://chroniclevitae.com/people/15537-maren-wood/profile/publications
* Click here on advising PhDs to nonacademic careers:
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Doors-Does-a-PhD-in/135448/