The AAUP listserv is beginning to sound more than a bit like a Republican Presidential debate. While one side brings up the issues of politicization of the UW by SEIU, the other in a not so naive way, proclaims that is is shocked at claims that the SEIU and SEIU/UW have been associated with c[...]
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February 17th, 2016 - 9:32 am § in Misc.
(Seattle) Vast Far-Left-Wing Conspiracy to Control UW Unmasked
February 15th, 2016 - 11:55 am § in Misc.
Why UW Profs Opposes SEIU: Hint .. this has nothing to do with solving the problems faced by underpaid contingent faculty!
KARL KAIYALA Leadership in the unions involved in the BDS push are dominated by far-left activists who often if not inevitably exploit social issues as organizing tools. Accordingly, the views of the rank and file are often subbordinate to, or even inconsequential to, the motives of leadership. Th[...]
Who Runs the UW? The Faculty or the Hired Administrators?
Rajib Dooga This time a question that has been lurking at the back of my mind ever since first year of grad school. I’m hoping list members can help me “scratch this old itch.” Please note that this is not about any specific action or event, and most definitely not about the proximate trigge[...]
Tagore on UW Unionization
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.” �[...]
UW President Responds To Attacks By SEIU
EMAIL to AAUP Listserve from Ana Mari Cauce Dear All, I’ve been very sparse in communicating on the listserve, especially now that unionization seems to be taking up most of the oxygen. But, I did want to respond to Amy’s email because it questions the integrity and intentions of the UW[...]
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[...]
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 20th, 2015 - 12:29 am § in Misc.
UW Faculty Leaders Oppose SEIU
Opinion in Seattle Times: Unionization is like throwing sand in the gears of what is, by any measure, an institution that performs at an extraordinarily high level. Paul B. Hopkins Ed Lazowska Opinion in The Seattle Times THE Service Employees International Union has launched a campaign to uni[...]
CENSORSHIP: Why the UW Needs a blog
The only source of pubic discussion for UW faculty is a listserv run by the AAUP. That listserv is terribly important because of the historic devotion of the AAUP to free speech. The AAUP listserv is an antique. Many faculty think the listserv is private. That is not so. Since the list[...]