Following up on my previous post, #ScholarStrike: Professors Plan Strike For Racial Justice: Clarion Ledger, State Auditor Investigating Ole Miss Professor Who Participated in Strike:
State Auditor Shad White is pushing Ole Miss to fire one of its professors, James Thomas (@Insurgent_Prof), saying Thomas illegally participated in a two-day strike last week.
White sent a letter to Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Monday describing a “work stoppage” the sociology professor participated in on Sept. 8 and 9. The nationwide event was called “Scholar Strike,” and involved professors and others in academia halting their classes and other duties to protest racism, police brutality and other racial injustice issues.
In the letter, White, a Republican who attended Ole Miss for his undergraduate degree, described Mississippi code that bans strikes or any other “concerted work stoppage.” He told Boyce the university should recoup money it paid Thomas for those days of work and pursue terminating the professor in court. Thomas was granted tenure last year, which gives him additional job security.
REALITY IS COMING FOR ACADEMIA: State Auditor Tries To Fire Tenured Professor Who Participated In #ScholarStrike.
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