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Ross, Stephanie; Savage, Larry; Watson, James – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This article explores the relationship between unionization and academic freedom protections for sessional faculty in Ontario universities. Specifically, we compare university policies and contract provisions with a view to determining whether unionized sessionals hired on a per-course basis have stronger academic freedom protections than their…
Descriptors: Nontenured Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Unions
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Marianno, Bradley D.; Strunk, Katharine O. – Education Next, 2018
In "Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31", the U.S. Supreme Court ended the practice of enabling public-sector unions to collect "fair-share" or "agency" fees from employees who decline to join. Although federal law prohibits requiring workers to join a union as a…
Descriptors: Unions, Activism, Fees, Union Members