October 25, 2009

How Administrators Should Approach Labor Agreements

What Management Can Do at the Bargaining Table 1

Mark Shaver

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Mark Shaver

By Nicholas DiGiovanni

Last year, as the tsunami of economic woes washed over the country, colleges scrambled to deal with suddenly unaffordable labor contracts that had been negotiated in better times. Some institutions asked their unions to reopen contracts—with mixed results. Others bravely held their economic ground, using a patchwork of short-term measures to balance their budgets. Still other institutions negotiated renewal agreements, despite the financial uncertainty.

This season colleges face

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