On October 16, 2017, over 12,000 faculty, librarians, and counsellors in 24 independent postsecondary colleges in Ontario, Canada went on strike for the fourth time since they organized in 1971 as members of the Civil Service Association of Ontario and won their first collective agreement the next year. Begun as an apolitical, self-consciously…

In its stunning and far-reaching decision in the "Pacific Lutheran University" case (12/16/14), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) opened the door to union organizing among faculty at thousands of private-sector institutions, both secular and religious. The question before the NLRB was whether a local of the Service Employees…

One of the author's enduring concerns about the concept of academic freedom is with semantics. It has seemed to him that one of the biggest difficulties with discussions of academic freedom (as with many conversations about "value-laden" terms such as "democracy," "equity," and "justice") is that people begin from different positions and with…

This document reports the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University concerning collective bargaining and some of the implications of formal bargaining relations in higher education. Presentations include emerging patterns of faculty bargaining; collective bargaining in higher…

Examines bargaining unit determinations in college and university cases. Available from the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646. (IRT)

An outline is presented of major issues and questions raised by union organization drives including National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation procedures, unfair labor practices and NLRB "laboratory conditions," management and union pre-election campaigns. Includes a bibliography of books, articles, and court cases for more…

The recent formation of a formal board for Australian university faculty associations is examined in terms of the conditions under which the associations succeeded in establishing the board, its implications for faculty-college relationships, and the arguments used by the universities to oppose the board's formation. (MSE)

The impact of public universities of the Supreme Court's Yeshiva decision regarding faculty collective bargaining is clarified through analysis of the case's meaning for the University of California, Berkeley. A review of the literature on the relationship between collective bargaining and academic governance is provided. (Author/MLW)

This newsletter theme issue cites statistics indicating that slight growth occurred in the number of faculty members represented for purposes of collective bargaining and in the number of faculty bargaining agents in institutions of higher education in the United States. In text, tabular, and graphic formats, the report offers information on:…

Explores the unique nature of the academic senate, its management and employee representation roles, the National Labor Relations Act requirement of exclusive representation, and the nature of mandatory bargaining subjects. (Author)

Some generalizations from experiences at Eastern Michigan University of the grievance process include: the importance of recordkeeping, training personnel to handle grievances, and solving problems internally rather than taking them to arbitration. (MLW)

This document is comprised of articles of agreement and addenda by and between the County of Rensselaer and the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Community College as co-employer and the Hudson Valley Community Faculty Association ("association"). The articles address topics such as recognition and dues deductions, non-discriminatory…