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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Part-time "adjunct" faculty teach approximately
365% of the classes at City Colleges of Chicago (CCC); and
 
4    WHEREAS, Part-time faculty teach the same courses and are
5required to have the same degrees as tenured, full-time
6professors; and
 
7    WHEREAS, A part-time faculty adjunct at CCC teaching 3
8classes per semester earns an average of $14,130 per year, well
9under the federal poverty level of $24,250 for a family of 4;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, Part-time faculty adjuncts are often forced to
12teach at multiple schools, thus denying CCC students the extra
13help outside the classroom that is commonly needed from their
14professor; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Chicago taxpayers are forced to pick up the
16financial cost for the estimated one-third of part-time faculty
17who receive governmental assistance; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The part-time faculty at CCC have now gone 3 years
19without a raise or a contract; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Adjunct salaries at CCC are not at all competitive
2with other comparable community colleges, as determined by the
3Illinois Community College Board; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of CCC is subject to
5appointment by and the jurisdiction of the Mayor of the City of
6Chicago; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9urge City Colleges of Chicago to negotiate in good faith to
10reach a new collective bargaining agreement with City Colleges'
11part-time adjunct union, the City Colleges Contingent Labor
12Organizing Committee; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That we urge City Colleges of Chicago to provide
14an equitable and living wage for its part-time adjunct faculty;
15and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17delivered to the Board of Trustees of City Colleges of Chicago.