Rosemary Feal to step down as MLA Exec Director
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/25/rosemary-feal-executive-director-mla-announces-her-departure-effective-summer-2017 The NFM/F Board of Directors congratulates Rosemary Feal on her...
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Attend a performance of the 1937 pro-union musical “The Cradle Will Rock” in...
image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cradle_Will_Rock#/media/File:The_Cradle_Will_Rock.jpg As part of our effort to integrate the arts and advocacy, NFM is a sponsor of a concert performance...
View ArticleLong-Awaited DOL Guidance Issued on Adjuncts’ Right to Unemployment Insurance
Good news for contingent faculty applying for unemployment insurance between academic terms (like now): DOL guidance clarifies to state agencies how to understand adjunct employment and our right to...
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New Faculty Majority endorses A Day Without A Woman and the International...
A Day Without A Woman International Women’s Strike Slightly more than half of all contingent faculty are women, and women constitute the clear majority of contingent faculty in “feminized” fields in...
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Changes coming soon to NFM web presence
We are making long-needed changes to NFM’s web presence as we build on eleven years of work and prepare for new challenges ahead. Watch this space for a new look and new functionality that will enable...
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Unemployment Filing Season is Underway!
Contingent faculty are usually eligible for unemployment benefits when they are dismissed at the end of each term, up until they are actually working again. This eligibility comes from the fact that...
View ArticleUnemployment Filing Season: Pandemic Version
Unemployment for contingent faculty has been a fraught topic for many years. Contingent faculty, like other seasonal workers, should receive unemployment benefits in between jobs. However, their...
View ArticleSolidarity with the Racial Justice Movement
NFM honors and celebrates Juneteenth and mourns all Black lives lost due to racism. We commit to stronger action in the service of racial justice in higher education and across all sectors of society....
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Activists Joe Berry and Helena Worthen’s Powerful New Book Provides the...
The contingent faculty activist movement has had its share of unique challenges. It has also encountered obstacles common to movement building. In this book, Berry and Worthen provide historical...
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