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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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 - 9:47 am § in Misc.
The SEIU Debate Is Bitter
James Tweedle from AAUP listserv There is so much confusion in Sarah Stroup’s latest treatise that it would be impossible to respond to all of it. A few points will have to suffice. First, she agrees that The Seattle Times opinion piece by Ed Lazowska and Paul Hopkins is marked by what she calls a[...]
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 - 6:48 pm § in Misc.
Seattle Public Schools Close Programs
For almost 25 years, The Wells Middle College High School has been a joint effort of the UW and the Seattle Public Schools, giving disenfranchised students a different, personalized and highly successful education through a curriculum based on social justice and a critical pedagogy. Apparently[...]
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[...]
Will SCOTUS DESTROY SEIU/UW?
A major argument against SEIU at UW is that the union’s role in politics is in conflict with the faculty’s mandate and long history of being apolitical. The US Supreme Court may change that argument. The Court’s decision could affect us in three ways: Dues structure: Of the [...]
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[...]
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[...]