Response to AAUP comment about the appointment of a UW Provost with no search Before appointing a search committee, I asked for advice as to whether to proceed with such a search at the Senate Executive Committee (Professor Wood was present at that meeting). I further asked that if anyone had con[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Corporatism’
UW abolishes shared governance II: A response by the President
March 3rd, 2016 - 10:06 am § in Uncategorized
Why the rich are doing so well and nobody else is
All wealth is created by workers. What separates the wealthy from the working classes is how it’s distributed. The problem isn’t that America has lost its work ethic; it’s inequality of power, and what’s missing is fairness.[...]
March 3rd, 2016 - 9:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
Millennial message to self-righteous Baby Boomers
The economy is different now. (Read story here.) [...]
February 15th, 2016 - 1:08 pm § in Uncategorized
Who owns America?
This is a rhetorical question, of course, because otherwise it would be a silly question. Here’s the detailed answer. [...]
January 24th, 2016 - 12:10 pm § in Hypocrisy
The Big Shit
By David Preston [Analysis of the movie “The Big Short” now showing in theaters everywhere.] Imagine that you’re in the building trades and your company – which installs computer networks – has been subcontracted, along with dozens of others, to build the city’s tallest s[...]
Corporate Chutzpah at Christmas Time
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. [...]
December 4th, 2015 - 1:17 pm § in Uncategorized
Group Health Cooperative agrees to be acquired by Kaiser Permanente
Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle institution since 1947, soon will be no more. GHC announced this morning in an e-mail to members that it has agreed to be acquired by Kaiser Permanente, a California-based nonprofit. However, the deal is subject to member and regulatory approval, and Washington In[...]
November 23rd, 2015 - 10:25 pm § in Uncategorized
Trade and jobs
The World Trade Organization was established in 1995. The graph below shows what has happened to U.S. manufacturing jobs, which usually pay better than service jobs, since then. (Data in thousands; source, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read the article here.)[...]