This quarter I have a class on Monday evenings, and am not free to participate in the Faculty Senate deliberations over unionization, scheduled for a vote in October. I use The Post as a platform for expressing my opinion for this reason.
Over the past year, I became aware that there is a plan on the part of a few of my colleagues to replace our Faculty Senate with a Faculty Union. This troubles me. Over the summer, I made an effort to attend the two information and planning sessions sponsored by the American Association of University Professors. In looking at their Web sites and talking to colleagues on campus, I have sought to understand what advantages there might be in going down the path toward collective bargaining. My conclusion is that an effective Faculty Senate is the way to go. If we don't have one, we should work at creating one.
The faculty senator from my school in the College of Communication was quoted in Tuesday's Post as saying, I have never seen my faculty so discontented. With all due respect to my colleague, I have never seen our faculty so creatively engaged in teaching and advising, in recruitment and retention of students, in scholarship and productive work and in service to the community. I do not personally feel that my alternative is either to shut up or send out my resum+
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