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TENURE AND LABOR RELATIONS IN ACADEME


UNIONIZATION

FACULTY MEMBERS: GENERAL

After 3 Years of Bargaining, U. of California Reaches Accord With Lecturers (6/20/2003)

United We Stand? (2/21/2003)

United Academic Workers (1/17/2003)

OPINION: How Cornell Beat a Union by Letting TA's Vote (1/17/2003)

Continuing-Education Instructors Turn to Unionization to Improve Conditions (8/3/2001)

Syracuse U. to Pay Higher Minimum Wage (2/23/2001)

Union Organizers Propose Code of University Conduct (12/1/2000)

Legal Group Accuses National Education Association of Breaking the Law (7/7/2000)

AAUP Reaches Out and Takes Sides (6/23/2000)

Activist Academics Oust Leadership of CUNY's Faculty Union (5/12/2000)

Union Movement at Private Colleges Awakens After a 20-Year Slumber (1/21/2000)

At Yale Meeting, Activists Push to Link Academe and Organized Labor (4/30/99)

South Dakota Faculty Union Sues State's Board of Regents Over Merit Raises (5/15/98)

Labor Strife at Miami-Dade (3/20/98)

NLRB May End Its Opposition to Unions for Private-College Professors (01/09/98)

New Organization Hopes to Forge Ties Between Academe and Labor (9/12/97)

U. of D.C. Backs Down in Fight With Faculty Union (5/9/97)

Labor Leaders and Academics Seek to Forge a New Alliance (10/18/96)

Faculty Union Files Suit Against U. of District of Columbia (7/5/96)

Adelphi U. President Moves to Decertify Faculty Union (12/8/95)

Florida A&M Faculty Members Challenge Workload Policy (12/8/95)


FACULTY MEMBERS: ORGANIZING

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members Vote to Unionize at U. of Michigan (5/9/2002)

NLRB Office Approves Union at Private Tennessee College (10/4/2002)

2 Unions Fight to Represent 4,000 Adjuncts at NYU (6/7/2002)

Bill in Washington State Would Allow Professors to Bargain Collectively, If ... (3/29/2002)

Twin Setbacks Hit Faculty-Union Drives at Private Colleges (3/1/2002)

How a Card-Carrying Republican Ended Up Organizing Adjuncts (11/2/2001)

Part-Time Faculty Members Try to Organize Nationally (1/26/2001)

A Private College's Professors Try for a Unionizing Breakthrough (12/15/2000)

Adjuncts at Roosevelt U. Vote to Unionize (4/14/2000)

Union Drive Voted Down by Illinois State University Professors (3/31/2000)

Full-Time Lecturers at Eastern Michigan U. Win Right to Unionize (2/11/2000)

NLRB Official Says Professors at Manhattan College, a Private Institution, Can Unionize (11/26/99)

U. of Connecticut Physicians Vote Against Unionizing (7/2/99)

Eastern Michigan University Lecturers Demand Unionization (4/2/99)

Keene State U. Trims Course Load of Activist Adjunct (2/19/99)

Goddard College Allows Faculty to Unionize (12/4/98)

Arts School in Detroit Accused of Firing Union Activists (9/4/98)

U. of New Mexico Employees Win Bargaining Rights in Court Ruling (7/10/98)

New Mexico Highlands U. Faculty Votes to Unionize (5/1/98)

Professors at Miami-Dade Are Confident of Victory in Latest Attempt to Unionize (2/27/98)

Faculty Unions Move to Organize Growing Ranks of Part-Time Professors (2/27/98)

Part-Time Instructors Vote to Unionize at Chicago's Columbia College (2/13/98)

State Judge Clears Way for U. of Alaska Adjuncts to Bargain (01/23/98)

U. of Minn. Faculty Rejects Union, Despite Battle With Regents (2/21/97)

Union Seeks to Organize Most Employees of Australian Universities by 2000 (01/09/98)

Deans of Los Angeles Community Colleges Form Union (5/31/96)


FACULTY MEMBERS: CONTRACTS

A Union Without a Contract (11/21/2003)

Seeking 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' (11/21/2003)

In a First, Pennsylvania Coaches Negotiate Contracts as a Team (9/6/2002)

Miami-Dade Faculty Approves First Contract (3/3/2000)

Ohio Court Upholds Law Barring Collective Bargaining on Faculty Workloads (10/29/99)

Salary Pact Reached at California State U. (5/21/99)

Supreme Court Says Ohio Can Bypass Collective Bargaining on Faculty Workloads (4/2/99)

California State U. Imposes Contract on Faculty Members (3/26/99)

Faculty Members in California State U. System Reject Tentative Contract (3/19/99)

California State University Reaches Tentative Salary Deal With Faculty Union (2/5/99)

Rutgers U. Professors Protest Outside President's Home (9/20/96)

As Contract Talks Reach Impasse at Rutgers U., a Strike Looms (9/13/96)

Labor Relations at Temple U. Become Surprisingly Friendly (3/1/96)

Many Campus Unions Protest as Contract Negotiations Stall (1/26/96)

California State University Pact Would Offer Faculty Pay Raise (7/7/95)


FACULTY MEMBERS: STRIKES

Will Professors Strike in Pennsylvania's State-College System? (10/17/2003

Faculty Strike Ends at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island U. (10/10/2003

Lecturers Hold 2-Day Strike at 5 University of California Campuses (10/25/2001

Faculty Strike Halts Classes at Community College in Illinois (10/25/2001

A Faculty Strike in Hawaii Shuts Down Public Education (4/27/2001

Strike Over Health Benefits Ends at Elgin Community College (2/23/2001

Leaders of California State U. Faculty Union Vote to Authorize a Strike (4/9/99)

Long Island U. Strike Ends After Three Days (10/26/94)

Faculty Strike Ends, Classes Begin at Long Island U. (10/5/94)

Faculty Union and U. of New Hampshire Avoid Strike (11/9/94)

Professors at U. of New Hampshire Vote to Strike Over Pay (9/14/94)


FACULTY MEMBERS: UNIONS

United We Stand? (2/21/2003)

NLRB Office Approves Union at Private Tennessee College (10/4/2002)

Faculty Union Issues Standards for Treatment of Adjuncts (8/2/2002)

Court Allows Union at Keene State (5/3/2002)

Adjuncts at NYU May Form Union (5/3/2002)

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Faculty Union's Dues-Collection Procedure (9/21/2001)

NLRB Rules Against Faculty Union at Sage Colleges (8/17/2001)

Sacred Heart U. Professors Lose Bid to Unionize (7/6/2001)

NLRB Lets Stand a Decision Allowing Professors at a Private College to Unionize (7/7/2000)

Union Movement at Private Colleges Awakens After a 20-Year Slumber (1/21/2000)

A Faculty Union Uses the Web as a Tool in a Labor Dispute (11/5/99)

American Federation of Teachers Backs Merger With National Education Association (7/31/98)

The Merger of 2 National Teachers' Unions Could Create a New Force for Professors (5/22/98)

Teachers' Union Kicks Off Campaign to Educate Public on Education (12/19/97)

A Merger Misfires (2/17/95)

Teachers' Unions End Discussions of Merger (1/6/95)

Teachers' Unions See Strength in Mergers (11/16/94)


TEACHING ASSISTANTS: ORGANIZING

Graduate-Student Unions Play a Waiting Game (11/28/2002)

Penn TA's Win Right to Form Union (12/6/2002)

Cornell's Teaching Assistants Reject Unionization (11/8/2002)

U. of Illinois Clears Way for TA Union (6/28/2002)

Union? No Thanks. (5/17/2002)

  • Graduate Students Who Say 'No Thanks' to Unions

  • U. of Michigan Strikes a Deal With Teaching Assistants (3/29/2001)

    Brown U. TA's Have Right to Form Union, NLRB Regional Director Rules (11/30/2001)

    Temple U. Agrees to Negotiate With Teaching Assistants' Union (10/12/2001)

    Temple Teaching Assistants Win Ruling in Union Drive (9/7/2001)

    Success and New Hurdles for T.A. Unions (7/6/2001)

    State Labor Board Deals Blow to T.A.'s at University of Illinois (4/13/2001)

    Teaching Assistants at Temple U. Vote to Unionize (4/13/2001)

    A Big Breakthrough for T.A. Unions (3/16/2001)

    T.A. Unions at Private Universities: What the Breakthrough at N.Y.U. Means (3/15/2001)

    Yale Increases Stipends for Ph.D. Students by 20% (2/2/2001)

    Teaching Assistants and Universities Plot Strategy in Union Battle (11/27/2000)

    NLRB Rules T.A.'s at Private Universities Have the Right to Unionize (11/10/2000)

    The full text of a ruling the National Labor Relations Board, in a case involving New York University, that graduate teaching assistants at private colleges are employees eligible to seek collective-bargaining rights. (11/10/2000)

    T.A.'s at Temple U. Win Right to Collective Bargaining (11/3/2000)

    Committee Urges Boston University to Demand More of Professors (10/27/2000)

    Universities Wield Privacy Law in Clashes With T.A. Unions (10/27/2000)

    Graduate Students at U. of Illinois Campus Win Ruling on Union (7/21/2000)

    AAUP Reaches Out and Takes Sides (6/23/2000)

    Medical Schools Seek to Deal With Ruling on Unions for Residents (6/9/2000)

    NYU Appeals Ruling on Union for Teaching Assistants (5/12/2000)

    OPINION: A Dean's Skepticism About a Graduate-Student Union (5/5/2000)

    NLRB Ruling May Demolish the Barriers to T.A. Unions at Private Universities (4/14/2000)

    • The full text of a ruling by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board that graduate teaching assistants at New York University are employees.
    Yale Settles Dispute on Grade Strike by Teaching Assistants Seeking a Union (4/14/2000)

    For T.A.'s, Winning the Right to Unionize Is Only Half the Battle (3/31/2000)

    For the Second Year in a Row, Graduate Students Get Their Way at the MLA (1/7/2000)

    T.A.'s at Oregon State U. Vote to Unionize (12/3/99)

    California Medical Residents Found to Be Employees (12/3/99)

    Teaching Assistants at U. of California Vote to Unionize (7/2/99)

    Teaching Assistants at U. of Minnesota Reject Union (5/21/99)

    Union Wins Graduate-Student Election at U. of California at Berkeley (5/21/99)

    Teaching Assistants at NYU Demand Union Recognition (5/7/99)

    TA's at UCLA Vote to Unionize (4/2/99)

    Wayne State U. Graduate-Student Workers Demand Wider Recognition (3/26/99)

    U. of California Opens Door to Recognition of Teaching Assistants' Union (3/26/99)

    California Employment Board Says T.A.'s Can Bargain Collectively (1/8/99)

    Professors' Association Backs Right of Graduate Students to Unionize (11/27/98)

    War of Words Heats Up at Yale Over Graduate-Student Organizing (11/27/98)

    Graduate Students Gather to Learn 'Organizing 101' (8/14/98)

    As Teaching Assistants Push to Unionize, Debate Grows Over What They Would Gain (10/3/97)

    Graduate Students on U. of Illinois Campus Vote to Unionize (4/25/97)

    U. of Cal. Teaching Assistants Announce Intent to Unionize (4/18/97)

    Graduate Students on 30 Campuses Rally for Unions, Better Pay (3/7/97)

    U. of Iowa Raises Minimum Salary 19% for Teaching Assistants (9/27/96)

    UCLA Teaching Assistants Granted Collective-Bargaining Rights (9/27/96)

    U. of Iowa Graduate Students Vote to Unionize (5/3/96)

    U. of Michigan and Teaching Assistants Agree on Contract (4/19/96)

    Many Campus Unions Protest as Contract Negotiations Stall (1/26/96)

    Teaching Assistants Unionize (5/26/95)


    TEACHING ASSISTANTS: STRIKES

    Teaching Assistants Strike at Urbana-Champaign (12/14/2001)

    Strike Ends at Toronto's York U. (1/26/2001)

    T.A.'s at U. of Washington Call Off Planned Strike (12/15/2000)

    U. of Michigan Averts Strike by Teaching Assistants (3/26/99)

    U. of Michigan Teaching Assistants Walk Out to Protest Pace of Contract Talks (3/19/99)

    Teaching Assistants Vow to Resume Strike at U. of California (1/29/99)

    At U. of California:

    At Yale U.:


    OTHERS

    Strike Ends at Miami U. of Ohio (10/24/2003)

    Workers Go on Strike at Miami U. of Ohio (10/10/2003)

    Yale Workers End Strike (10/3/2003)

    Here They Go Again (3/14/2003)

    Resident Assistants Seek Union at U. of Massachusetts at Amherst (5/4/2001)

    U. of California at San Diego Ends Labor Dispute (6/29/2001)


    OPINION

    A Dean's Skepticism About a Graduate-Student Union (5/5/2000)

    Graduate Student, Employee, Union Member? Teaching Assistants Try to Define Their Roles (12/11/98)

    "Pressures to Publish Fuel the Professionalization of Today's Graduate Students," (11/27/98)

    Why Graduate Students Shouldn't Join Unions (9/25/98)

    Educators Need to Join Labor's Fight Against Paycheck Protection Laws (5/22/98)

    Discrimination Against Part-Timers (4/10/98)

    Graduate Students Are Not Employees (4/18/97)

    Why Professors Should Support Graduate-Student Unions (2/21/97)






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