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Category Archives: Unions and Big Publics
Faculty Union Wins Major Court Victory!
We are thrilled to share news of an important court ruling for educators at the University of Illinois Chicago. Read more at Progressive Illinois
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A Union at the University of Illinois-Chicago!
Our sister campaign at the University of Illinois-Chicago is reporting success! With over 60% of the faculty signing authorization cards, the faculty have voted “Union Yes!” Representatives from the University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty campaign delivered hundreds of signed authorization … Continue reading
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A conversation about unionization and higher education
From a NYT blog: A conversation about unionization and higher education between Stanley Fish and Walter Benn Michaels, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. SF: In over 35 years of friendship and conversation, Walter Michaels and … Continue reading
More Faculty Fighting for Their Rights
UW-Stout Faculty Defy Threats and Vote for the Union Despite Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s threat and the recent state Senate vote to strip faculty and staff of their collective bargaining rights, the union is growing stronger. Here’s proof: Faculty at … Continue reading
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We Produce!
The following video is University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse physics professor Eric Barnes’ response to the charge that faculty don’t need or deserve unions because they do not produce anything. A partial transcript below: We produce engineers who design safe bridges and … Continue reading
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Four Strong Unions, Four Strong Universities
There are currently four universities with membership in the American Association of Universities that have faculty unions: Rutgers University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, and the University of Florida-Gainesville.
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Collective Bargaining at Large Public Universities
As we at the University of Oregon consider the efficacy of collective bargaining, we should be aware of the presence of a faculty collective bargaining unit at comparable institutions. According to the 2006 edition of the Directory of Faculty Contracts … Continue reading
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Who is in the Collective Bargaining Unit at AAU Institutions?
Rutgers AAUP-AFT is a collective bargaining (CB) unit represented by AAUP-AFT. The CB unit includes full-time faculty at .5 FTE or higher (this category includes: (a) ranked faculty, instructors, lecturers research associates and adjunct faculty who are engaged in instruction, … Continue reading
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Research Excellence and Unionization
Some UO faculty members have expressed concern that unionization might have an adverse effect on the research stature of the institution. We do not know of any evidence that the research or scholarly quality of these schools has been diminished … Continue reading
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United Academics of the University of Oregon 