National Adjunct Walkout Day
Working as an independent contractor might work for some. If you have some leverage I can imagine that it might work out. If you have another source of income and this is just like having a second job or something you just like doing it can be fun and you can make some money. In other fields it might just be a step above unemployment or just a fancier way to describe your connection or lack of a connection to the labor market.
Employers would probably just give up on the idea of an employer/employee relationship in a lot of fields.
My last few jobs since 2005 have been classified as an independent contractor, not because they did not have regular hours, but because they were short term jobs based on projects. A long term job with a paper route was called being an independent contractor. Then they give you contracts that they change for their own purposes that change delivery windows and all sorts of other things.
When you can replaced by a machine or someone in Asia, India, or elsewhere overseas this is just another way that the rich get richer. This is something that gets applied in all sorts different groups.
Adjuncts feel they are getting screwed because they have to scramble to put together a job that can pay a living wage compared to other full time professors on university campuses. It's been reported that the majority of classes are being taught by adjuncts that have few protections. Where is all that money being spent if the cost of a higher education is going up so fast. Maybe it's the kids in the class are getting screwed. I know the Big Bang Theory is a TV situation comedy, but it may say something about the college experience today.
As we hear the economy is improving, the term improving might not really express what is happening as improving is a relative term.
Employers would probably just give up on the idea of an employer/employee relationship in a lot of fields.
My last few jobs since 2005 have been classified as an independent contractor, not because they did not have regular hours, but because they were short term jobs based on projects. A long term job with a paper route was called being an independent contractor. Then they give you contracts that they change for their own purposes that change delivery windows and all sorts of other things.
When you can replaced by a machine or someone in Asia, India, or elsewhere overseas this is just another way that the rich get richer. This is something that gets applied in all sorts different groups.
Adjuncts feel they are getting screwed because they have to scramble to put together a job that can pay a living wage compared to other full time professors on university campuses. It's been reported that the majority of classes are being taught by adjuncts that have few protections. Where is all that money being spent if the cost of a higher education is going up so fast. Maybe it's the kids in the class are getting screwed. I know the Big Bang Theory is a TV situation comedy, but it may say something about the college experience today.
As we hear the economy is improving, the term improving might not really express what is happening as improving is a relative term.
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