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Warren, Cat – Academe, 2010
This article presents an interview with Wilma B. Liebman, the new chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In this interview, Liebman talks about labor law, academics, and reversing ossification.
Descriptors: Labor Legislation, Labor Relations, Labor, Interviews
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Weaver, Benjamin – Academe, 2008
As in campaigns to organize graduate student employees, the way in which postdocs are classified by their institutions is important. A postdoc is no longer a student and should not expect to be treated like one. Frequently, however, the postdoc experience is little different from that of a graduate student, with perhaps slightly higher pay.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Specialization, Employees, Collective Bargaining
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Julius, Daniel J. – Academe, 2004
In the last thirty-five years, higher education has become one of the most heavily unionized sectors in the United States, exceeded only by shipping, select heavy manufacturing, communication, and professional sports. Unionization in traditional blue-collar industries has declined, which is why industrial unions like the United Auto Workers (UAW)…
Descriptors: Presidents, Government Employees, Labor, Labor Relations
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Finkin, Matthew W.; Stern, Carol Simpson – Academe, 1987
Complaints and cases handled by the American Association of University Professors from June 1, 1986-May 31, 1987 are described. Judicial business including case held over from the previous year, imposition of censure, deferred recommendations, and removal of censure are discussed. Open-meeting laws are reviewed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arbitration, College Administration, College Faculty
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Lindenberg, Karen E. – Academe, 1986
Some generalizations from experiences at Eastern Michigan University of the grievance process include: the importance of recordkeeping, training personnel to handle grievances, and solving problems internally rather than taking them to arbitration. (MLW)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
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Parker, Mike – Academe, 1991
Management drive in both higher education and industry is to offer participation to employees but use such participation to increase management control through identifying weak links in a deliberately stressed work situation. Attacks on faculty unions or senates are all part of management's offensive against any control by labor, and also on…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Governing Councils, Higher Education
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Levy, Herman M. – Academe, 1987
The early impact and subsequent expansion of the National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University decision by the Supreme Court is reviewed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation