When the media deigns to cover a landmark Supreme Court case involving education, reporters should cultivate sources outside of the educational establishment, lest they run the long-term risk of being caught flatfooted by the ruling…
Topic: labor unions
California Public Employees Unions are Banding Together against Charter Schools
So these public sector employee unions are against improving children’s education with innovation of charter schools? Great *sarcasm*.
Professors Oppose Unionization Efforts at University of Washington
242 professors at the University of Washington, or 4% of the faculty, have signed a petition to NOT unionize at the university.
Food Service Workers at Pennsylvania University want to Unionize, Leads to Spike in Meal Plans for Students
College Fix with more on the unionization effort: Kutztown University has five unions covering faculty and professional staff, and Aramark food service workers want to make it six. A successful union drive could mean another…
Larry Summers Stands Up for Labor Unions
Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Department Secretary and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, defended the concept of labor unions and blasted the South at a recent panel discussion at the Center…
Look for the Union Label
As labor union leaders high-five each other this weekend over their ancestors’ creation of the Labor Day holiday more than a century ago, we would do well to remember a bit of their history that…
Duquesne University wants Adjuncts to Support It in Its Fight against NLRB
As the College Fix reported: A Catholic university’s three-year fight against the National Labor Relations Board has spooked some of its faculty, who believe a footnote in a school filing is a direct threat to…
Union Loses Bid to Force Union Representation of College Professors
So the labor unions lost a bid to force college professors to join their ranks and pay them dues? Yes, and it’s quite interesting.
New Jersey University’s China Satellite Campus Prefers Hiring Chinese Communists
Kean University, in a joint venture with Wenzhou University, has a satellite campus in China and apparently puts higher priority on hiring Chinese Communist Party types as faculty. That has upset labor unions.
Columbia University-affiliated Women’s College allows Adjuncts to Unionize
As the College Fix reported: “The Columbia Spectator reports that the women’s college, affiliated with Columbia University, spent 13 hours in negotiation with Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW rather than present its closing arguments at the eighth…