Working People

Do Better, Howard (w/ Dr. Aisha Bonner Cozad & Dr. Sean Pears)


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Since full-time lecturers at Howard University originally voted to unionize, they have spent nearly four years bargaining with the university administration to get their first contract. Unless a deal is reached at the 11th hour, lecturers are set to go on strike on Wednesday, March 23, joining nearly 200 adjunct professors who are also fighting for their second contract with the university. Even if a deal is reached to avoid a strike, however, Howard has a long way to go to adequately address the long-running systemic problems that have brought non-tenure-track faculty to the point of hitting the picket line. In this mini-cast, we talk to Dr. Aisha Bonner Cozad, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Howard School of Social Work, and Dr. Sean Pears, a Lecturer in Howard's College of Arts & Sciences, about the looming strike at one of the most storied HBCUs in the country.

Additional links/info below...

  • Dr. Bonner Cozad's LinkedIn page
  • Dr. Pears's Twitter page
  • Howard Teaching Faculty Union Twitter page and Instagram
  • Peter Lucas, Jacobin, "Howard University Faculty Are Ready to Strike"
  • Rashad Grove, Ebony, "Howard University Faculty Threaten to Strike Over Working Conditions"
  • Higher Ed Labor United statement: We Stand with Howard University Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Adjuncts

Permanent links below...

  • Working People Patreon page
  • Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
  • Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
  • In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
  • The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

  • Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song"
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