This article examines the postdoctoral unionization movement at the University of California (UC) using case study methodology. More specifically, we examine postdoctoral union organizers involved in the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) Local 5810, focusing on their efforts to unionize postdoctoral employees at the UC. The study is…

Study indicates that revolutionary changes in governance procedures will not develop from administrative or court interpretations of bargaining statutes. The major change will derive from case-by-case decisions that will fracture faculty authority and expand negotiations into permissive areas. (Author/LBH)

How the Michigan Association of Higher Education became the collective bargaining agent for the faculty of Central Michigan University. (IR)

Presents a case study of events leading to the collective bargaining representation election at Syracuse University in an effort to describe the complex situation facing a university administration which must assess unionization impact on the institution, including the possibility that opposition to it may support the collective bargaining effort.…

The impact of bargaining unit heterogeneity on union membership and grievance activity in the SUNY system is examined. SUNY university centers exhibit low union membership relative to two- and four-year colleges. The former also resolve fewer step-two grievances than the two-year technical institutes and four-year liberal arts colleges.…

Content analysis of the collective bargaining agreements of 183 higher education institutions/systems found extensive managerial discretion and limited professional constraints regarding the use of part-time faculty, in appointment/release workforce actions such as retrenchment, and the ratio of part-time to full-time faculty. (Author/MSE)