We post here, unedited and without editorial comment, the complete text of an informational letter circulated by Letters & Sciences summarizing changes in the collective bargaining agreement for Teaching Assistants and Project Assistants, as signed recently by Governor Doyle.
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New collective bargaining agreement for TAs, PAs
Friday, November 6th, 2009Posted in Collective bargaining, Instruction, Letters and Sciences, State-University Relations, The University System | No Comments »
Professors of the World, Unite?
Sunday, October 18th, 2009The recent bill granting the faculty of the University of Wisconsin the right to unionize attracted the attention of the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal:
Professors of the World, Unite?
We are posting the link here not because the editors of this forum take sides (yet) on whether faculty should unionize but rather to promote awareness of the issue and to invite comment, both pro and con, from readers. In particular, comment is invited on (a) whether the op-ed piece is factually accurate, and (b) whether unionization is desirable for UW-Madison faculty.
- the Editors
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Collective bargaining at UW – the next chapter
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009The issue of collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin academics — from graduate research assistants to tenured faculty — percolated for years (at least partly “under the radar” for many campus citizens) and finally came to a head over the summer. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which has been a major force behind the push, summarized the situation (as they see it) in this article that appeared very shortly after the legislation was signed on June 29, 2009.
There are stories within stories here, and most readers are blissfully unaware of how a very few individuals on both sides of the issue played a disproportionate role in shaping the outcome, especially for UW RAs, who came within a hair’s breadth of being absorbed into an existing union without their knowledge or consent. These are stories for another time.
The important point is that every affected group now has the choice (a) whether to unionize and (b) if so, who should represent them. (more…)
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