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Bill would grant bargaining rights
Retention, fairness among arguments for UW System unionization option
Nick Halter
Issue date: 12/3/07 Section: Campus News
She said collective bargaining does benefit academic staff, and works to increase resources to universities, especially smaller ones such as Eau Claire.
"The people most likely to take the opportunity to collectively bargain are the people who feel they haven't been treated fairly in the past in regard to (the) Wisconsin Legislature," she said.
Kennedy agreed, using the academic staff at UW-Madison as an example, saying the employees there have become "unpaid slave laborers" who would benefit from collective bargaining.
AFT-Wisconsin is touring the state in hopes of educating legislators and residents on collective bargaining rights. According to an ATF press release, 14 of 15 UW-System faculty senates approved resolutions requesting the legislature allow collective bargaining rights to faculty and staff. Eau Claire is one of the 14 who approved a resolution.
Rick Richmond, manager of Learning Spaces at LTS and a member of ATF, said collective bargaining rights are long overdue.
"As an academic staff member, I'm offended ASPRO continues to deny me the right to choose (to bargain)," he said.
"What we're saying is, 'we're adults,'" Kennedy said. "'Stop treating us like kids.'"
"The people most likely to take the opportunity to collectively bargain are the people who feel they haven't been treated fairly in the past in regard to (the) Wisconsin Legislature," she said.
Kennedy agreed, using the academic staff at UW-Madison as an example, saying the employees there have become "unpaid slave laborers" who would benefit from collective bargaining.
AFT-Wisconsin is touring the state in hopes of educating legislators and residents on collective bargaining rights. According to an ATF press release, 14 of 15 UW-System faculty senates approved resolutions requesting the legislature allow collective bargaining rights to faculty and staff. Eau Claire is one of the 14 who approved a resolution.
Rick Richmond, manager of Learning Spaces at LTS and a member of ATF, said collective bargaining rights are long overdue.
"As an academic staff member, I'm offended ASPRO continues to deny me the right to choose (to bargain)," he said.
"What we're saying is, 'we're adults,'" Kennedy said. "'Stop treating us like kids.'"
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rprp
posted 12/03/07 @ 8:34 AM CST
Look at what unions have done to our lower grade schools. In my opinion they have destroyed the overall education system.
kel
posted 12/03/07 @ 6:57 PM CST
Today the University faculty have no input, no recourse, no way to advocate for themselves as a group. In America this situation was called slavery compounded by tyranny of the government in the Revolution and plain slavery in the 19th century. (Continued…)
Bryan L. Bain
posted 12/05/07 @ 2:11 PM CST
Correction: ASPRO represents all academic staff, not just non-instructional academic staff members.
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