rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/urge-your-senator-to-support-adjuncts?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-urge-your-senator-to-support-adjuncts' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Massachusetts Teachers Association https://actionnetwork.org/groups/massachusetts-teachers-association https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/008/762/original/mta_logo_facebook.jpg?1601496644 Massachusetts institutions of public higher education are increasingly relying on adjunct faculty.  These faculty members do not receive employer-provided health insurance or retirement benefits and are ineligible for Social Security regardless of the number of hours they work. At many public campuses adjuncts teach the majority of courses — more than 75 percent at some. An MTA supported amendment (#18) to the Senate’s version of the Economic Development bill (S.3178) will be debated on Wednesday, July 22.  This amendment seeks to focus attention on the long-standing injustice adjuncts face by creating a special commission to tackle obstacles and creates a pathway to provide adjunct faculty with benefits comparable to those provided to other state employees. CALL AND EMAIL YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR NOW! Ask them to co-sponsor amendment #18 to the economic development bill. You can find your legislators' phone numbers by clicking here. To view a fact sheet, click here. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-your-senator-to-support-adjuncts