As we head into this weird and dangerous fall, we bring you one of the most important episodes of Aca-Media ever: a panel on organizing the academic workplace. How do we collectively organize within and outside of unions for improvements in labor conditions, compensation, and faculty governance? What tactics should we be pursuing, and what difficulties should we expect? With Yulia Gilich, Rebecca Gordon, Chris Robé, Jamie Ann Rogers, and Ben Stork.

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Opening Banter

30 Rock, “Jack Can’t Act”
“Talking Television in a Pandemic” podcast series
Notre Dame had to suspend classes days into the term as COVID-19 cases surged. Is that a cautionary tale for other college campuses trying to reopen?

Out of the Ashes and Into Academia:
Workplace Organizing by Film and Media Studies Faculty

Yulia Gilich: email, Twitter, UCSC COLA info and Twitter
Rebecca Gordon: email, SCMS Precarious Labor Organization
Chris Robé: email, FAU page, PopMatters bio page, SCMS Caucus on Class
Jamie Ann Rogers: email, Clemson bio page
Ben Stork: Twitter
UC Santa Cruz Reinstates 41 Graduate Students After Months-Long Strike: Inside Higher Ed, Vice