Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

A grassroots coalition of activists working for contingent faculty: adjunct, part-time, non-tenured, and graduate teaching faculty. We seek to bring greater awareness to the precarious situation for contingent faculty in higher education, organize for action, and build solidarity among our colleagues.

 

 

 

 

COCAL IX Conference

August 13-15, 2010

The ninth annual COCAL Conference was held in Quebec City, on the campus of Université Laval from Friday August 13 through Sunday August 15 2010.

The host for the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL IX) was the Syndicat des chargées et chargés de cours de l’Université Laval (SCCCUL) which is affiliated with the Fédération des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN)

 

For more information, click here to visit our events page.

Welcome to COCAL International

COCAL is a coalition of higher education activists from the North American continent. We are united in working to improve working conditions at colleges and universities for contingent faculty, including adjunct, part-time, and non-tenure track instructors, and graduate teaching assistants.

 

COCAL holds biennial conferences with presentations on organizing faculty, gaining equitable working conditions, legislative solutions, and the effects of globalization on higher education. For more information on the 2010 COCAL IX Conference in Mexico City, click here.

 

COCAL members also hold Fair Employment Week (FEW) every year in Canada and Campus Equity Week (CEW) every other year in the United States. FEW/CEW aims to bring more public awareness to working conditions faced by many contingent faculty: low wages and benefits, lack of academic freedom, unpredictability of assignments, and arbitrary treatment.