Adjunct Faculty - Left Out In The Cold Again

For most Adjunct Professors, life is not easy since they have to struggle to make ends meet. They are more often than not required to teach courses and do grading for classes with a large enrollment plus undertake any other additional responsibilities that come with the course. However, they are not considered in a college, university or even a public school district's medical plan or for any other benefits. This unethical practice results in a win/win situation for institutions since they are not only able to save money from not paying for the adjunct's benefits, but the institution is able to also get the maximum production out of these part-time employees. Does this sound like a new form of slavery?  In the meantime, the Adjunct Professor is so poorly paid that many have no choice but to seek additional employment elsewhere.  Under these difficult circumstances, one would believe that the union of an institution would become involved in such unsatisfactory workplace practices for these employees regardless of their part-time status. However, this is not the case since it appears that when negotiating a contract for an increase in salary, an adjunct is never considered. So, when there is a fanfare that classroom educators are obtaining an increase, this burst of joy, celebrations,  pat on the backs, hurrah, etc., etc., does not rub off on an adjunct. The United Teachers of Dade County is in the process of settling a contract for its classroom educators and, quite naturally, classroom educators are excited at the prospect of obtaining their increases. However, the adjunct is left out in the cold once again since they have been  repeatedly forgotten during bargaining discussion.