November 2, 2001

How a Card-Carrying Republican Ended Up Organizing Adjuncts

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Stint as part-time professor made Linda Cushing feel 'powerless'; now she's a union employee

Each morning, Linda Cushing hits the highways of Southern California, setting out to save the downtrodden of academe. As an organizer for the American Federation of Teachers, she aims to help those at the bottom of the academic pecking order -- part-time instructors at community colleges -- get what she thinks they deserve: better pay, more job security, and institutional respect.

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