Dear USC Colleagues, Staff, & Community:
Did you know that an overwhelming majority of the highly qualified professors at USC that teach and mentor us are non-tenured, contingent faculty?
USC is a prestigious university that prides itself on academic excellence, and the faculty who work to maintain this high standard of education deserve fair compensation. Instead, the university treats our part-time, non-tenure professors as temporary employees with low pay, limited benefits, and no job security. Even after many years of dedicated service to our university, they are paid by class and are not guaranteed these classes every semester. Full-time, non-tenure faculty are concerned with the lack of transparency in regards to very important policies, from one department to another, there is no standard on how to get promoted or how the promotion process works.
Faculty employment conditions directly affect our education. USC faculty are the foundation of this educational institution’s success. We, as students, receive a world-class education delivered by talented and experienced educators deeply invested in student achievement. However, many of these educators are struggling to make ends meet.
It is time to hold USC accountable. The stability of students’ education depends on it. Faculty should not be living paycheck-to-paycheck while the university rakes in millions. There are no standards and transparency in salary for full-time, non-tenure faculty and in many instances a new faculty member can get paid at a higher rate than an existing faculty member doing the same work. Forming a union means creating a community of faculty who can stand up for their rights and have a strong voice in this institution.
As students, alumni, and members of the Trojan family, we support non-tenure track faculty in their right to unionize. We call upon the administration to remain neutral throughout the organizing process, and to not use our tuition dollars to oppose the unionization effort. We pledge to speak out against any coercive or deceptive tactics, intimidation, or retaliation that may result from faculty exercising their right to organize.
*SIGN THE PETITION AND JOIN US IN A COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SUPPORT OUR NON-TENURE FACULTY. FIGHT ON!
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375 | LaTianna Williams | Jun 12, 2016 | |
374 | Khaled Mohammed | Jun 11, 2016 | |
373 | Alaa Alabadi | USC | Apr 14, 2016 |
372 | Mishaal Albugami | West Los Angeles college | Apr 13, 2016 |
371 | Rawan Hakeem | Usc | Apr 13, 2016 |
370 | Khalil Harsani | Apr 13, 2016 | |
369 | Khawlah Aldukhayyl | Apr 13, 2016 | |
368 | Ahmed Alshamrani | Keck School of Medicine | Apr 13, 2016 |
367 | Sara Emilia Corsico Piccolino | Apr 13, 2016 | |
366 | Sayed Abdulaziz Almosawi | Apr 13, 2016 | |
365 | Read Alshaharani | Apr 13, 2016 | |
364 | Omniah Alshahrani | Apr 13, 2016 | |
363 | Noor Abdullah | Apr 13, 2016 | |
362 | Ashley Gullick | Apr 13, 2016 | |
361 | Sara Almansouri | Apr 13, 2016 | |
360 | Mansour Alghamdi | TSU | Apr 13, 2016 |
359 | Zaher Baaqil | Apr 13, 2016 | |
358 | Maaryam Alanzi | USC | Apr 13, 2016 |
357 | reem AbdulAziz | USD | Apr 13, 2016 |
356 | Rouying li | Jan 26, 2016 | |
355 | Eric Marks | SCA | Jan 21, 2016 |
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350 | Woxue Tang | Jan 18, 2016 | |
349 | Jordan Wainwright | Jan 13, 2016 | |
348 | Crystal Liu | Jan 05, 2016 | |
347 | Fleurette West | USC | Dec 31, 2015 |
346 | Louie Shirase | USC | Dec 27, 2015 |
345 | Alana Riley | USC | Dec 14, 2015 |
344 | Julia Kouneski | Dec 12, 2015 | |
343 | Benett Rogers | Dec 12, 2015 | |
342 | Cayetano Ferrer | Dec 12, 2015 | |
341 | Orr Herz | Roski | Dec 12, 2015 |
340 | Lisa Williamson | Dec 12, 2015 | |
339 | Ryan Bobell | Dec 11, 2015 | |
338 | Ann Trondson | Dec 11, 2015 | |
337 | Christopher Badger | Dec 11, 2015 | |
336 | nevine mahmoud | USC | Dec 11, 2015 |
335 | Sharif Farrag | Roski | Dec 11, 2015 |
334 | Phil Taylor | Dec 11, 2015 | |
333 | Maclin Davis | Dec 11, 2015 | |
332 | Patrick Jackson | USC | Dec 11, 2015 |
331 | Ellen Schafer | Dec 11, 2015 | |
330 | Maryam Hosseinzadeh | Dec 11, 2015 | |
329 | Dylan Turner | Dec 11, 2015 | |
328 | Joel Kyack | Dec 11, 2015 | |
327 | Becket Flannery | Roski | Dec 11, 2015 |
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