It is hard to keep up with all the discussions about adjunct/contingent faculty issues in general and the philosophical “marketplace” specifically. A few recent links:
Adjuncts and Affordable Health Care Provisions
On the “Political Economy of Philosophy Instructions”
Fighting for Non-Tenure Track Faculty (from the Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association)
ICYMI: A Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members (June 2012 .pdf)
About Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) as Dating-Services (for employers and potential employees)