More on MLA SalariesLFrom: mlalienation@gmail The MLA Director was paid $291,615.00 and ten executives received over $125,000.00 in compensation in 2011. (The director pay increase from 2010 to 2011 was $30,000.00 or 11%; if the position received the same raises since 2011, the 2013 MLA Executive Directory salary was over $358,000.00. See attached image.) While the MLA acknowledges that hierarchical wages threaten the integrity of the profession and instructional programs (MLA Executive Council, February 1994), the associations own exorbitant salaries are a serious detriment to the profession. This petition calls for the MLA to cap executive salaries at a 4:1 ratio of the average non-tenure-track salary ($96,000.00; or 4 x $24,000.00) and commit to allocating the remainder monies to support adjuncts and the unemployed. As a non-profit organization, the MLA membership dues, conference registration, and other fees, should contribute to the disciplines and those scholars most affected by the crisis; they should not produce unreasonable wealth for the executives. Signatures can be made anonymous by unchecking the Display my signature on Change.org box. The petition on Change.org: change.org/petitions/rosemary-feal-and-modern-language-association-cap-mla-executive-salaries-at-4-1-ratio-not-300k-usd Under a $96,000.00 pay cap for 2011, the MLA would have had an additional $684,208.00 to support the profession in forms such as grants and prizes for adjuncts and the unemployed. The most striking symptoms of corporatization shift costs and risks downward and direct capital and authority upward.m.chronicle/article/OveruseAbuse-of-Adjuncts/143951/#sthash.BO0LaZoI.dpuf The MLAs complete tax form is available here: 990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/135/135253530/135253530_201208_990.pdf
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