"O! be some other name:
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Shakespeare uttered these famous lines, and they reverberate with us, often.
Yet how frequently do we really think about their meaning? What do names really mean? How do we identify with what we are called, and how do they tie us to one cause, pigeon-holing us, not letting us speak further afield, and making us seem “outlier” when we do?
"Man With a Briefcase" sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky
Jack Longmate: Goals of COCAL & the Program4Change
I am a great believer in the Program for Change, which is presently being used effectively at Vancouver Community College. All adjunct faculty can implement this program in as little or as long a time as needed to achieve equality. Hence, I am presenting Frank Cosco & Jack Longmate's program, with an excellent exposé written by Jack Longmate.
This is not just theoretical. It is tried and true. Please read & share widely! And if you want equality at your university, do more than share: implement!
Thank you to Vanessa Vaile from Precarious Faculty for her technical assistance, always!
Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Adjunct Justice
Originally posted to adj-l, September 1, 2014
all faculty, part-time and full-time, probationary and permanent, are on the same 11-step pay schedule;
workload is not segmented according to full-time or part-time status but proportionally, that is, a PT instructor employed at 60 percent of full-time is expected to perform the full range of job functions on a proportionally reduced scale (that is, both equal pay for equal work AND equal pay and equal work);
after two years of teaching at 50 percent of full-time, a probationary faculty becomes regularized, which is the functional equivalent of tenure;
a regularized part-time instructor can remain part-time indefinitely if desired (or increased his or her workload up to a full-time if desired);
all faculty accrue seniority;
seniority is the primary (but not exclusive) consideration in workload assignment; and
a part-timer can be senior to a full-timer.
While tenure exists in some British Columbian institutions, it does not at Vancouver Community College, but I believe that fact is incidental. There is job security, there is academic freedom, there is faculty governance, etc. Again, the absence of tenure is incidental. But that doesn't mean that we, in calling for the abolition of contingency, should call for the abolition of tenure, or allow ourselves to be understood in that way.
The Program for Change is based primarily on this real-world example, not a idealistic vision of some activist. As a co-author with Frank Cosco, I believe the Program for Change is our best shot at proposing how contingency could be abolished primarily through collective bargaining, but also through all other means available.
Also, I'm delighted to report that, thanks to the efforts of Ana Fores Tamayo, we now have a Spanish translation of the Program for Change, which we'll be posting very soon. Hopefully, we'll have a French version before too long too.
Best wishes, Jack Longmate
PLEASE continue your letters, asking for the Governor to meet with Mary Faith. She needs our continued help!
Gov. Cuomo’s Correspondence aid, Kelly Brady:
[email protected]
Ian Rosenblum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education:
[email protected]
Continue to barrage Governor w/letters about mtg Mary Faith!
#MARYFAITH still has no meeting with the governor! PLEASE continue your letters, asking for a meeting: she needs our continued help!
I have added addresses below, pinned to the top as well as here: write to Gov. Cuomo's Correspondence aid, Kelly Brady at
[email protected][email protected]
Ian Rosenblum is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education.
Ask Governor Cuomo to meet with Mary Faith ASAP.
