I used to live in Flint and now I teach. Today's adjunct professors have loads in common with yesterday's factory workers.
Tag: workers rights
Unions and Small Businesses Need Each Other
If big employers had more competition, they'd have to pay their workers better.
My Advice for High School Graduates: Learn a Trade
While millions of students rack up college debt and gain no skills, millions of high-paying trade jobs sit empty.
Tips Are for Servers, Not CEOs
The Trump administration wants servers to hand over nearly $6 billion to their bosses.
Colleges Are Screwing Both Teachers and Students
Teachers need stable work and students need stable teachers. The adjunct system cheats them both.
Tips Should Go to Workers, Not Their Bosses
A new federal rule would let employers pocket the tips customers leave for their servers.
There’s No Good Reason for Your Boss to Make 347 Times What You Do
Unlike movie stars and athletes, skyrocketing pay for CEOs has nothing to do with markets.
Trump Proved He Doesn’t Think Much of Working People
The president's first choice to protect your workplace rights was a leading violator of them.