National Adjunct Walkout Day
Last week, we wrote about preparations for the first National Adjunct Walkout Day, including one campus safety publication that advised security teams to purchase flex-cuffs and decide when it is appropriate to apply force.
Well, today is National Adjunct Walkout Day, and it seems like the worries about campus security were unwarranted. As the Chronicle of Higher Education reports:
Wednesday is being called “National Adjunct Walkout Day,” but nearly all of the activities planned do not actually involve anyone walking off their job. Instead, they focus on gaining support for adjunct instructors through information tables, posters, leaflets, meetings with lawmakers, and speeches and demonstrations on campuses. At the University of California at Santa Cruz, there is going to be a fake religious pilgrimage to a patron saint of adjuncts, “Saint Precaria.”
Here’s a pic from the University of Arizona in Tucson:
great turnout here at UA’s “Walk Out Teach In” #NAWD pic.twitter.com/r1wEPGW8A2
You can see more photos of adjunct demonstrations at @NationalAdjunct, which is retweeting photos sent to them from various campuses.
If you are on or around a college/university campus today, are people demonstrating or talking about National Adjunct Walkout Day?
Photo credit: Ryan Tyler Smith
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