Faculty Lounge Professors Oppose Unionization Efforts at University of Washington Spencer Irvine November 6, 2015 242 professors at the University of Washington, or 4% of the faculty, have signed a petition to NOT unionize at…
Faculty Lounge Food Service Workers at Pennsylvania University want to Unionize, Leads to Spike in Meal Plans for Students Spencer Irvine October 23, 2015 College Fix with more on the unionization effort: Kutztown University has five unions covering faculty and professional staff, and Aramark…
Perspectives Larry Summers Stands Up for Labor Unions Spencer Irvine September 18, 2015 Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Department Secretary and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, defended the concept…
Perspectives Look for the Union Label Malcolm A. Kline September 7, 2015 As labor union leaders high-five each other this weekend over their ancestors’ creation of the Labor Day holiday more than…
Faculty Lounge Duquesne University wants Adjuncts to Support It in Its Fight against NLRB Spencer Irvine August 19, 2015 As the College Fix reported: A Catholic university’s three-year fight against the National Labor Relations Board has spooked some of…
Faculty Lounge Union Loses Bid to Force Union Representation of College Professors Spencer Irvine August 8, 2015 So the labor unions lost a bid to force college professors to join their ranks and pay them dues? Yes,…
Faculty Lounge New Jersey University’s China Satellite Campus Prefers Hiring Chinese Communists Spencer Irvine July 29, 2015 Kean University, in a joint venture with Wenzhou University, has a satellite campus in China and apparently puts higher priority…
Faculty Lounge Columbia University-affiliated Women’s College allows Adjuncts to Unionize Spencer Irvine July 20, 2015 As the College Fix reported: “The Columbia Spectator reports that the women’s college, affiliated with Columbia University, spent 13 hours…
Faculty Lounge Adjuncts Vote to Unionize at Ithaca College Spencer Irvine June 4, 2015 Cue the new adjuncts union-vs.-administration-and-full-time-faculty at Ithaca College in upstate New York.
Perspectives Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions Malcolm A. Kline February 4, 2015 It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in…
