tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post3906054731117552196..comments2023-08-26T14:31:44.845+01:00Comments on Charles Lambert: Language slaves: updateCharles Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-36927915012831250662007-10-06T09:08:00.000+01:002007-10-06T09:08:00.000+01:00For full-time professors in Italy the conditions a...For full-time professors in Italy the conditions are fantastic: 120 hours teaching per year, tenure, no need to produce research or anything else, more or less total freedom as to when you work, excellent salaries that are protected against inflation.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that language teachers (who do twice as much, are obliged to accept often inconvenient or downright punitive timetables and earn a pittance) aren't professors. We're classified contractually as technical staff. UNLESS, of course, technical staff get a raise or have some entitlement that would interfere with the nature of what we do, i.e. teach. At that point, we're, well, nothing. And phoning lawyers.Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137995022574691057.post-76313557481608753132007-10-06T02:03:00.000+01:002007-10-06T02:03:00.000+01:00Wow, I thought US labor conditions in academia wer...Wow, I thought US labor conditions in academia were difficult.Chanceluckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829789745697541046noreply@blogger.com