"The Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor is a floating conference and a network of North American activists working to improve higher education through the collective achievement of job security, livable wages, academic freedom, and time and resources for academic research and professional development for contingent academic laborers."
"COCAL promotes grassroots contingent faculty organizing through events like Campus Equity Week but is not affiliated with any single labor union. To achieve its aims, COCAL dedicates itself to alerting the broader community about the trends to undermine the tenets of higher education by staging media events, improving legislation governing funding and so-called accountability efforts, and identifying colleagues at institutions and assisting them in forming collective bargaining units and winning strong contracts."
"Because COCAL's world view recognizes that the fight for contingent faculty parallels the struggles of other contingent workers, many members also participate in (The North American Alliance for Fair Employment (NAFFE), a broader network concerned about the growth of contingent work in general. In addition, many members of COCAL organize around issues such as war, health care, free trade, and human rights. COCAL sees the strength and freedom of faculty as a key to maintaining accessible, quality higher education and, ultimately, free inquiry for a democratic society."
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