From the AAUP Listserv Rajib Doogar This is meant as a largely light-hearted aside/riff evoked by Professor Peñas use of the formulation “… for the people …”. But, as always, in the spirit of the greatest Marx of the them all, “no aspersions unintended.” �[...]
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UPDATE 2: UW UNION: Push Polling and Censorship
UPDATE: After I sent out an email from TA, I learned that the SEIU has admitted that it was the “UW Faculty. This raises additional issues .. see below: My original post Jan 27, 2016 @ 17:48 Who is “The UW Faculty” and how are they surveying the UW faculty? A previous post on THE Av[...]
January 26th, 2016 - 5:48 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW UNION: Push Polling
Who is “The UW Faculty” and how are they surveying the UW faculty? (updated*) “Uwfaculty at survey.com Surveynetwork.com” just sent a poorly written survey to UW faculty. The survey seemed to be written by the kind of group that sends out surveys promoting a political ca[...]
December 1st, 2015 - 10:55 am § in Misc.
Crosscut Wades Into The UW Union Issue
Sadly an article written by an intern in Crosscut fails to discuss the issues with the proposed UW faculty union. The issue deserved a LOT more insight. The article is right about one thing. The UW pays its non contract faculty abysmal wages to provide entry level courses. Annual salaries can[...]
September 29th, 2016 - 10:51 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
The UW Argues About A Union
A dialog from from AAUP listserv GAUTHAM P. REDDY to Faculty Amy, Congratulations on undertaking this fascinating and innovative study that demonstrates the benefit that unions have provided (and likely will continue to provide) for working people in our nation. It is unfortunate that union members[...]
February 9th, 2016 - 8:12 am § in Misc.
SEIU 925, the Union Behind the SEIU/UW Effort, Fined For Action as a Polictical Party
SEIU 925 TO PAY NEARLY $32,000 AFTER AG LAWSUIT OVER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING DEFICIENCIES OLYMPIA — Service Employees International Union Local 925 (SEIU 925) will pay the state $31,715 after an Attorney General’s Office lawsuit over its improper reporting of in-kind and cash campaign contrib[...]
December 11th, 2015 - 11:22 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
UW Needs a Stronger Senate Before it Needs an SEIU Union
Pedro Verdugo “In fact the ball is in Ana Mari’s court. She might be constrained by a powerful Board of Regents, and by a heavy UW bureaucracy. Nevertheless, many of us in the faculty are betting that she might be the President that once and for all resolves these shameful shortcomings of co[...]
The Danger to The UW of an SEIU Union: BY THEIR FRIENDS SHALL YE KNOW THEM
….Matthew 7:16 The SEIU brings with it an agenda that few faculty are likely to accept and that certainly will turn off most legislators. The post on the left shows the problem . The organizations on this post are no more likely to get what the UW faculty wants from the legislature than an [...]
October 19th, 2015 - 1:54 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
With a Faculty Senate, Why Should the UW Faculty Need a Union?
The anonymity of the email at the left aside , I think the content is accurate and raises the issue of SEIU and how it uses the dues as well as the weakness of the UW’s concept of shared governance. 1. I oppose the SEIU because it is much more than a union of workers, it is a [&hellip[...]
October 17th, 2015 - 10:12 am § in Misc.
Why the UW Faculty needs a union: A case where being unionized would have been helpful.
Sharona E. Gordon <[email protected]> 2:22 PM (19 hours ago) When I was negotiating for a position as an assistant professor at UW, I made sure my offer letter described the position as a “state line” position that would be tenure track. About two years after I started, I learned that I wa[...]