Category Archives: Chapter updates
From the Chairs: Moment of truth
Dear Colleagues,
If you haven’t voted already, please make sure you vote for the Biden/ Harris ticket on the Working Families Party (WFP) line (row D in NYS). The WFP is a grass-roots, ‘fusion’ party that aims to run progressive candidates for local office AND push the Democratic Party to the left by mobilizing support for a progressive, pro-labor electoral agenda while helping to defeat the most reactionary political forces. The WFP — because of recent attempts in Albany to kill it — must mobilize a significant showing in tomorrow’s general election to retain its ballot status. Your vote for Biden/Harris on the WFP line will count as a vote to ‘dump Trump’ while also strengthening the prospects for independent progressive politics in New York State.
Chapter updates 9/29/2020
Dear Colleagues,
These times provide many issues for updates. We want you to glimpse all we have here, with fuller details below.
- Join in the training tomorrow (9/30) about our contract and grievance procedure.
- We’re confronting safety needs on our campus – the John Jay Health and Safety Committee meeting on Friday, 10/2, 12:30-1:30.
- J. Paul Narkunas, long-time member of our chapter Executive Committee, presents a compelling and enraging analysis of our academic labor situation, on “trickle down managerialism,” in the AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom.
- Looming Oct. 9 Voter Registration Deadline compels sharing voting information with your students, including a Spanish-language version.
- The strike authorization vote at Hunter College High School secured filters and independently verified working conditions by today’s deadline.
Don’t miss the Know Your Contract event: Continue reading
Trickle-Down Managerialism – AAUP article by our former grievance officer, J-Paul Narkunas
J-Paul Narkunas. (2020). Trickle-Down Managerialism: Accountable Faculty in the Financialized University of Managers. Journal of Academic Freedom, volume 11.
From the abstract: “Trickle-down economics offers the promise that wealth will eventually flow to all sectors of society. I argue that rather than wealth, managerial processes and actuarial practices driven by finance and by big data firms have been trickling down and reorganizing higher education—what I call “trickle-down managerialism…..”
When we asked Paul if we might share his Trickle-Down article, he suggested we also consider sharing a piece created by Wavy the Bear, Kingsborough Community College Senior Stuffed Brand Ambassador. And here it is:
Wavy the Bear. (2020). Afterword: Can the managerial technique speak? Journal of Academic Freedom, volume 11.
Information for New York voters regarding the November 3, 2020 General Election
[Reproduced with permission from Environmental Education Fund, www.environmentaleducationfund.org The original site has an automated Google translation option, into many languages including Spanish]
October 9: Last day to register to vote. It can be done online, in person, or envelope postmarked.
October 27: Last day to postmark application for absentee ballot.
November 2: Last day to apply in person for absentee ballot.
November 3: Last day to postmark absentee ballot.
November 3: Last day to deliver absentee ballot in person at board of elections.
October 27: Last day to postmark application for absentee ballot.
November 2: Last day to apply in person for absentee ballot.
November 3: Last day to postmark absentee ballot.
November 3: Last day to deliver absentee ballot in person at board of elections.
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