UWP Lecturers Fw: [radcaucus] ***FINAL LABOR RESOLUTION: PLEASE SIGN IMMEDIATELY***

[sbaringer at gmail.com]

Here's a different MLA resolution that some of you might feel more vested in 
signing than the Palestinian one.  Remember that you need to be a member of 
the MLA for your signature to count, and follow the instructions below.

- Sandy Baringer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Birkenstein-Graff, Cathy" <cbgraff at uic.edu>
To: <radcaucus at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:14 PM
Subject: [radcaucus] ***FINAL LABOR RESOLUTION: PLEASE SIGN IMMEDIATELY***


>
>     Margaret and I want to thank everyone who offered their keen insights
> and comments on this resolution.  Toward the bottom of this email you
> will find the final version, which now incorporates Kamala's concern
> that contingent workers receive support for research and scholarship.
> We would like to invite everyone who supports this resolution to
> sign it by adhering to the following directions:
>
> *************************
> INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING:
> 1. Be sure that you are a current member of the MLA. (email
> membership at mla.org or phone: 646 576-5151 if you are unsure about your
> membership status.)
>
> 2. ***BY OCTOBER 1***, email or fax Carol Zuses, the MLA's governance
> coordinator, a letter that states: "I hereby endorse the following
> Resolution on Contingent Labor Standards: [insert the resolution below].
> Then state your name, your email address, your institutional affiliation,
> and the date.  (email: czuses at mla.org; fax: 646-576-5107).
>
> 3. Print out the resolution below and mail the hard copy with your penned
> signature, your printed name, your email address, institutional
> affiliation, and the date to:
> Carol Zuses,
> MLA, 26 Broadway, 3rd Floor,
> New York NY 10004
> THIS HARD COPY VERSION IS ESSENTIAL TO BRINGING THE RESOLUTION TO THE
> floor, and ***MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 8***.
> That means mailing it by Wednesday, October 1, to be safe.
>
> 4. Send an email to Cathy (cbgraff at uic.edu) or Betsy (aka Margaret)
> (hanzimanolis at gmail.com) indicating that you have signed the resolution,
> sent the email, and posted the hard copy.
>
> ******************************
> RESOLUTION ON CONTINGENT LABOR STANDARDS
>
> The undersigned MLA members hereby endorse the following Resolution:
>
> WHEREAS contingent workers constitute a growing proportion of the teaching
> staff,
> WHEREAS contingent faculty are under-represented in governance processes,
> WHEREAS the wages of contingent faculty are significantly below others'
> wages for comparable work,
> WHEREAS women constitute the majority of contingent faculty,
> BE IT RESOLVED that the MLA convene a committee to adopt guidelines for
> the working conditions of contingent faculty, including gender parity,
> governance, wages, research and scholarship support, and benefits that are
> in alignment with other professional organizations' fair labor standards;
> and help collect, evaluate and distribute data on these matters to
> relevant parties.
>
>
> SIGNATURE                NAME                      ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
> EMAIL ADDRESS
>
> 1.______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
>
>
> 2.______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
>
>
> 3.______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
>
>
> 4,______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
>
>
> 5.______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________
>
> Submitted by Margaret Hanzimanolis  (De Anza College) and Cathy
> Birkenstein-Graff  (University of Illinois at Chicago) on behalf of the
> MLA Radical Caucus
>
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