Inside the Faculty Union

Labor Relations in the University Setting

Robert Engvall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

140 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4508-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores unionism in today's higher education environment, and the need for collective action in order to promote the best possible educational environment on campus. In the increasingly corporatized world of higher education, the role played by faculty in making the university a genuine place for learning is more important than ever.

This book describes the many experiences of a university faculty union leader. Interactions with faculty members and administrators are examined in a variety of contexts ranging from discussions about such mundane topics as parking on campus, to such meaningful topics as the nature of the union/administration relationship. Individual chapters will address important occurrences in the life of a faculty union leader, including the process of negotiating a new contract and the on-going process of representing a diverse membership with disparate goals and differing levels of devotion to the notion of collectivism. Each chapter features a "lessons learned" section which attempts to offer guidance for those who might choose to become a union activist themselves, or who might choose to offer advice to those who might consider it. While the book centers upon higher education, the concepts advanced might be equally applicable to a variety of organizations in which the eternal struggle between management and labor in a function of the workplace.

Robert Engvall is a professor of justice studies at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, Rhode Island. He has written extensively about a variety of issues including those centering upon the "professionalism" of teaching and of the evolving "place" of the professoriate more generally.

Introduction
Chapter 1- There is But One Truth, But That May Not Be Enough: The Foundation of Labor Relations in the University Setting
Chapter 2- Journey to the Center of the Worst
Chapter 3- The Great and Widening Divide
Chapter 4- Forget About Getting to Yes, How About Getting to Sanity
Chapter 5- Seriously, What Was She Thinking?
Chapter 6- Mind if I Park Here?
Chapter 7- Get the Brooms, It’s Time to Sweep Something Under the Rug Again
Chapter 8- Another Day, Another Dollar: Another Night, Another Dullard
Chapter 9- Boot Licking 101
Chapter 10- Merit in the University: The Unimportance of Being Earnest
Chapter 11- Negotiations: Let Them Eat Cake
Chapter 12- The Slow but Sure Recovery of Your Mental Health
Chapter 13- Mistakes Were Made
Afterthoughts: A Lesser Man’s Search for A Lesser Meaning
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 222 mm
Gewicht	222 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-4758-4508-1 / 1475845081
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-4508-2 / 9781475845082
Zustand	Neuware