Waiting for the Green

I teach at a community college in Iowa. At the end of the Winter Term last year, someone got the idea that we adjuncts could go from eight checks every semester to four. Of course, there’s money to be saved, from using less paper, to fewer hours spent processing our paychecks. All in all, the administration made out like bandits. In the meantime, I am having a hell of a semester fronting all of my expenses while I wait for my first paycheck.

It’s inhumane not to pay employees in a timely manner for the work they do. Simply because it’s legal, doesn’t make it just. The adjuncts at MTSU who’ve gone from four paychecks per semester to just three have my sympathies.

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