The proposed merger of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers would create the nation's largest union and allow a united front for college faculty, increasing pressure for collective bargaining in more states. Opponents fear the merger would dilute concerns about education, particularly higher education, and that…

Reviews trends in union organization at private colleges following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision 20 years ago denying bargaining rights to faculty at Yeshiva University (New York). Focuses on a recent decision by a labor official granting bargaining rights to faculty at Manhattan College (New York) and efforts by faculty organizers at Seton…

A University of Great Falls (Montana) faculty vote to unionize and a National Labor Relations Board decision that the faculty were employees, not managers, may be a breakthrough for faculty unionization at private colleges, signaling change in NLRB philosophy. Counting of the vote, taken in 1996, was delayed until December 1997, whereas…

Leaders of the movement to unionize graduate teaching/research assistants are learning organizing tactics through the Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions, and plotting strategies for a critical campaign year. Graduate students at 20 universities already have collective bargaining units, students at 15 institutions are campaigning for union…

Part-time college and university faculty account for over 40% of faculty nationwide, double the proportion two decades ago. Increasingly, these groups are becoming organized, often separately from full-time faculty. Issues include pay and workload. Some administrators express concern that part-time faculty are rushing to organize rather than…