Chicago
COCAL has decided to have health care focus for CEW activities in
Chicago, based upon building support for the universal halth care
bill currently in the IL legislature, which might actually pass
the second house the week after CEW.
We plan to make that our main focus and have a couple of events
around it, one in conjunction with the IL TESOL Conference the week
before. We hope to have some of the legislative sponsors at the
two events too and have them as combining support for the bill and
the universal halth care movement as well as having information
for contingent faculty about short term lower cost access to health
care and insurance for those who do not have employer paid insurance
now (most of us).
Monday,
October 29
CEW Opening Peanut Rally
11:00 am to 1:00 pm, State of Illinois Building, James R. Thompson
Center, 100 W. Randolph Street, Chicago. Question: What do elephants
and Part-time Faculty have in Common? Answer: They both work for
peanuts. Have a peanut or two on us! Sponsored by University Professionals
of Illinois Local 4100 as part of the Metro-Chicago CEW Coalition.
For more information email Sue Kaufman at skaufman@ift-aft.org.
Monday, October 29
Committee
for New Priorities: The Right to Organize Goes to College
Organizing Resistance to the Restucturing of Higher Education Work:
UNITE Union Hall, 333 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, 6:30 reception,
7:00 - 9:00 forum. What does it mean for students and teachers that
more than half the classes at many universities are now taught by
"perma-temps"? For more information email the Committee
for New Priorities at jwjcnp@igc.org.
Tuesday, October 30
State of Illinois Board of Higher Education: Public Hearings
Chicago Hearing
10:00 a.m. to Noon, James R. Thompson Center, 9-040, 100 W. Randolph
Street.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has been directed by the
Illinois General Assembly, under House Joint Resolution 19, to undertake
a study of the policies and practices affecting the use of part-time
and nontenure-track faculty. To gather information and solicit opinion
for this study, the Board's Committee to Study Part-time and Nontenure-track
Faculty will hold public hearings on October 30, 2001 in Chicago
and on November 8, 2001 in Springfield.
To pre-register for either hearing, contact Pat Sexton at (217)
557-7380, email at sexton@ibhe.state.il.us.
Registration will begin one hour prior to the hearings. All speakers
must register and will be heard in order of registration.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5 minutes. Written testimony of
any length will be accepted and can be submitted at the hearing
or mailed to Study on Part-time and Nontenure-track Faculty, Illinois
Board of Higher Education, 431 E. Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois
62701.
For more information, contact Doug Day, Deputy Director for Policy
Studies, Illinois Board of Higher Education, (217) 557-7333.
Tuesday, October 30
CEW Event at Roosevelt: Organizing in the Private Sector
Tuesday, October 30 from 3pm to 6pm in the Congress lounge at the
Roosevelt downtown campus. This will feature speakers from RAFO
and from Columbia College's P-FAC. For more information email the
Roosevelt Adjunct Faculty Organization at info@rafo.org.
Wednesday, October 31
UIC-GEO Healthcare Horror Show
It's scary to depend on healthcare benefits at the University of
Illinois! That's why members of the UIC Graduate Employees Organization
are dressing up this Halloween as "Health Care Victims."
They'll be dressed as zombies, because their allergy medication
isn't covered. They'll be swathed in bandages, because many injuries
aren't covered. Graduate Employee "Health Care Victims"
will be making surprise appearances across UIC campus. Contact Kat
McLellan at kmclel1@uic.edu
for further information.
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