March 29, 2002

Bill in Washington State Would Allow Professors to Bargain Collectively, If ...

By PIPER FOGG

Washington State's House of Representatives has approved a bill that gives faculty members at the state's public four-year colleges the right to collectively bargain -- but only if they get rid of their faculty senates. In a twist, faculty unions had encouraged lawmakers to approve the measure, in hopes that the governor would strike the provision against faculty senates.

The bill passed the House by a vote of 52 to 45, after having passed the state Senate 27 to 22 earlier this

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