Gifted professor’s ‘life of the mind’ was also life of near destitution A MUST read for anyone interested in why the UW faculty may need than a union. The story abut a great Seattle University faculty member living and dying on $18,000 is not unlike stories about our own adjunct faculty. Ev[...]
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April 19th, 2014 - 10:55 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The UW vs the Unions
One of the UW unions representing classified staff, the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE), has released a report on its labor relations with the University. I’m writing to share this report with interested UW AAUP members. It is attached as a PDF to this message, and can also be [...]
Chomsky on Unionizing Universities
Noam Chomsky Addresses the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers Edited transcript of remarks given by Chomsky via Skype on 4 February 2014 to a gathering of members and allies of the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh, PA. The tra[...]
February 26th, 2014 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
UW: “Academic Workers” vs. “Faculty”
An Article in the Chronicle of Higher Education Very Relevant to the UW’s Own AAUP. “Academic Workers” vs. “Faculty” Jane Buck: Candidate for President of national AAUP “It would be a tragic loss if we were to weaken our historic commitment to academic freedo[...]
January 5th, 2014 - 1:42 pm § in Misc.
The Incoming Chair of the Faculty Senate Comments on Academic Freedom Proposal
This is one of several posts on TA about a proposal to change the faculty contract with the UW. That contract is passed as legislation by the Faculty Senate but has similar meaning as any contract between a union and its employer. The key issue here is that rights of free speech have been challeng[...]
December 21st, 2013 - 5:59 pm § in Misc.
Proposed Revisions To UW Faculty Code.
HOW WELL DOES THE UW FACULTY CODE PROTECT ACADEMIC DREEDOM? A proposal (see document) has been sent to the UW faculty to revise our Code to address protections for Faculty Free Speech. My own opinion is that the proposal is weak and may even decrease faculty rights. The UW faculty do not ha[...]
August 13th, 2013 - 10:46 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Davey Jones: On Unions
DAVEY IS IN HAWAII … Not much to do We arived at Honolulu at around 8PM Saturday night and we were at the dock finished with engines at 9PM, we left at 11PM Sunday night and took departure at midnight, it is now Monday night at 9PM or so. As of now it looks as […][...]
Free Speech Leads to Dismissal of Tenured Faculty at Washington State College
NOTE TO FACULTY: DO NOT — USE YOUR UW EMAIL THE Ave has long suggested that UW faculty use UW email as little as possible. This story makes that point: A recent newsletter of the Society for Human Resources Management: raises disturbing issues of free speech on a Washington state coll[...]
February 27th, 2012 - 7:24 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Unions vs Teacher: Who is the bad guy?
Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel by Bill Lyne An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Lindquist on teachers’ unions and K-12 schools. Here at the blog, we have a har[...]
The AAUP Should Take a Stand For Unionizing the Huskies!
Northwestern U. Football Players Can Unionize, Labor Board Rules The UW chapter of the AAUP has been very supportive of the working rights of non-tenured faculty. The argument has been that these faculty function as workers and therefore need the protection of a union. While I wish that need did n[...]