Embattled Collin College Professors Gain Support of 'Powerful' Labor Leaders
Suzanne Jones never "in a million years" would have imagined she’d be a key player in a widely publicized labor struggle. Then again, it’s been a crazy couple of months for her and other Collin College professors.
The school let go Jones, an education professor, suddenly in January. She's one of four female educators whose contracts the school terminated this semester. Along with advocating for faculty input in the college’s COVID-19 plans, Jones had helped create a local chapter of the Texas Faculty Association, a non-collective bargaining union. The college indicated both were reasons for her nonrenewal.
So two weeks ago, Jones asked labor leaders for assistance: Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and the pro-union political figure Mike Siegel. On Saturday, the two will be touching down in Collin County to speak at an event in solidarity with the professors.
Jones is grateful for the support.
“I just have to take a step back and just watch it,” she said. “It’s crazy that someone would step in and do all this work for us on a moment’s notice.”
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