Proceedings ... Annual Conference


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This publication contains 17 papers on the impact of collective bargaining on higher education over the past 20 years. The papers are grouped in four sections on the state of unions in higher education, individual and collective rights in the academy, bargaining in the trenches, and overviews of past and present legal issues. The papers are: (1) "Robust Unionism and Unions in Higher Education" by Arthur B. Shostak; (2) "Can Collective Bargaining Help Institutions During a Period of Constrained Resources?" by T. Edward Hollander; (3) "Is Unionization Compatible with Professionalism?" by David M. Rabban; (4) "Changes in the U.S. System of Industrial Relations: Its Impact on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education" by James P. Begin; (5) "Unions in a Battered Academy" by Irwin H. Polishook; (6) "The Impact of the Constitutionalization of Higher Education on Collective Bargaining: Individual Rights vs. Collective Action" by David H. Rosenbloom; (7) "Professional and Legal Limits to Academic Freedom" by Walter P. Metzger; (8) "Academic Freedom: Are There Permissive Parameters to Free Speech in the Academy?" by Timothy Healy; (9) "Peer Review and the Union: Hero or Hostage?" by Barbara A. Lee; (10) "When Collective Bargaining Fails: An Academic Perspective" by David Kuechle; (11) "When Collective Bargaining Fails: A Management Perspective" by Thomas M. Mannix; (12) "Collective Bargaining Is the Name of the Game" by David Newton; (13) "Dispute Resolution in Higher Education Collective Bargaining" by Norman G. Swenson; (14) "The Employee Health Care Cost Crisis" by Michael R. McGarvey; (15) "Seminal Legal Developments of the Past Twenty-Five Years Affecting Higher Education Collective Bargaining" by Ann H. Franke; (16) "Twenty-Five Years of Seminal Legal Developments in Higher Education Collective Bargaining" by Woodley B. Osborne; and (17) "Campus Bargaining and The Law: The Annual Update" by James Cowden. (JB)







Collective Bargaining in Higher Education


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This report of proceedings provides transcripts of 14 speeches concerning collective bargaining in higher education. Conference themes were: unionized employment relations; and the economic, political, and legal issues of the 1990s that are viewed as being influential in the collective bargaining process. The speeches are as follows: "Union Employment Relationships in the 1990's," (John R. Stepp); "Mutual Gains Bargaining for Higher Education," (Raymond A. Friedman); "Negotiation Models for the 1990's," (Louis Stollar); "Retirement Options of the Future," (Clifton Wharton); "Faculty Compensation in the 1990's," (Arnold Cantor); "Salary Equity Four Cell," (Lois Haignere); "Health Care Cost Containment in the 1990's," (William Hembree); "Life in the Academy after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Ann H. Franke); "Confidentiality and the Tenure Review Process after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Mark D. Hopson); "Anti-Discrimination Law and Academic Freedom after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Charles Shanor); "Keeping Academics Out of Court: Judicial Responses to Faculty Litigation and How To Avoid It," (Barbara A. Lee); "Campus Bargaining and the Law: The Annual Update," (Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr.); "Union's Role in Politics in the 1990's: Lobbying and Coalition Building," (G. Terry Madonna); and "Political Action and Public Sector Higher Education Unions: California and Hawaii--Two Success Stories," (VirginiaAnn G. Shadwick). References follow papers. (GLR)




Collective Bargaining in Higher Education


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This report of proceedings provides transcripts of 14 speeches concerning collective bargaining in higher education. Conference themes were: unionized employment relations; and the economic, political, and legal issues of the 1990s that are viewed as being influential in the collective bargaining process. The speeches are as follows: "Union Employment Relationships in the 1990's," (John R. Stepp); "Mutual Gains Bargaining for Higher Education," (Raymond A. Friedman); "Negotiation Models for the 1990's," (Louis Stollar); "Retirement Options of the Future," (Clifton Wharton); "Faculty Compensation in the 1990's," (Arnold Cantor); "Salary Equity Four Cell," (Lois Haignere); "Health Care Cost Containment in the 1990's," (William Hembree); "Life in the Academy after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Ann H. Franke); "Confidentiality and the Tenure Review Process after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Mark D. Hopson); "Anti-Discrimination Law and Academic Freedom after University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," (Charles Shanor); "Keeping Academics Out of Court: Judicial Responses to Faculty Litigation and How To Avoid It," (Barbara A. Lee); "Campus Bargaining and the Law: The Annual Update," (Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr.); "Union's Role in Politics in the 1990's: Lobbying and Coalition Building," (G. Terry Madonna); and "Political Action and Public Sector Higher Education Unions: California and Hawaii--Two Success Stories," (VirginiaAnn G. Shadwick). References follow papers. (GLR).




Collective Bargaining in Higher Education


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Higher Education Collective Bargaining


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This collection of 18 papers review the fundamentals in collective bargaining in higher education. Areas discussed include arbitration, grievance preparation, the collective bargaining process, diversity, technology, staff bargaining, and faculty and staff participation in employee involvement schemes. An annual legal update is included. The papers are: (1) "Higher Education Collective Bargaining: Issues for the 21st Century" (Stephen Trachtenberg); (2) "Higher Education Unions in a Time of Change: Collective Bargaining and Affirmative Action" (Terry Jones); (3) "Recent Trends in Collective Bargaining in Canada" (Donald C. Savage); (4) "Reflections Upon 25 Years of Faculty Unionism" (Arnold Cantor); (5) "Compulsory Arbitration of Discrimination Claims under Collective Bargaining Agreements" (Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr.); (6) "Arbitration in Faculty Higher Education" (Nicholas Russo); (7) "Grievance Preparation From the Union Perspective" (C. J. Elder); (8) "Grievance Preparation: A Management Perspective" (Esther Liebert); (9) A Union View of Faculty Collective Bargaining at the Two-Year Institution" (James Rice); (10) "A President Speaks on Faculty Collective Bargaining at the Two-Year Institution" (Salvatore G. Rotella); (11) "Bargaining Under the Shadow of Yeshiva at Hofstra University" (Estelle S. Gellman); (12) "Faculty Collective Bargaining at Adelphi University" (Stephen Goldberg); (13) "A Genuine System of Collegiality Would Tend to Confound Us" (George Sutton); (14) Staff Collective Bargaining in the California State University: Ending the Cycle of Non-stop Bargaining" (Samuel A. Strafaci); (15) "Staff Bargaining in Higher Education" (Brenda Richardson Malone); (16) "Participation in Decision-making in Higher Education: Oxymoron or Opportunity?" (Walter J. Gershenfeld); (17) "The Management Perspective" (Ira Michael Shepard); (18) "The Union Perspective" (David J. Strom and Stephanie Baxter). (LEE)




Silver Anniversary Conference


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Higher Education Collective Bargaining During a Period of Change. Proceedings of the Annual Conference (22nd, New York, New York, April 18-19, 1994)


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This collection of 25 papers addresses current issues related to collective bargaining in higher education. The papers include: (1) "Higher Education Today" (Keith Geiger); (2) "Political Correctness, Academic Freedom, and Academic Unionism: Introductory Comments" (Matthew Goldstein); (3) "Academic Freedom and Campus Controversies: Separating Repressive Strategies from Unpopular Ideas" (Linda Ray Pratt); (4) "The Impact of Clinton's Health Care Proposal on Higher Education" (VirginiaAnn Shadwick); (5) "Health Care Workers and Health Care Reform" (Dennis Rivera); (6) "The Fiscal and Political Stresses Plaguing Higher Education Today" (Sean Fanelli); (7) "Partnerships in Uncertain Times: The California State University and the California Faculty Association" (VirginiaAnne Shadwick); (8) "The Situation of Higher Education in Quebec: Some Thoughts on the Challenges Facing the Academic Union Movement" (Roch Denis); (9) "Recent Trends in Collective Bargaining in Canada" (Donald Savage); (10) "Patterns of Professional Evaluation and Assigned Duties in Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreements" (Ernst Benjamin); (11) "Faculty Roles and Rewards in the Context of Accountability" (Lawrence Gold); (12) "Collective Bargaining and Technology" (Christine Maitland); (13) "Lesbian and Gay Campus Organizing for Domestic Partner Benefits" (Lee Badgett); (14) "Making It Work: Scholarship, Employment, and Power in the Academy" (Michele Janette and Tamara Joseph); (15) "Workers/Teachers/Students: Graduate Student Employee Collective Bargaining at the University of Michigan" (Jon Curtiss); (16) "The Need for Law Reform" (Julius Getman); (17) "Some Key Differences Between U.S. and Canada Labor Law" (Kevin Banks); (18) "The Best We Can Be" (Daniel Seymour); (19) "Implementing Total Quality Management at a Community College: The Adventure and the Lessons Learned" (Susanna B. Staas); (20) "Public Relations and University Budgets: A Union Perspective" (Arnold Cantor); (21) "Public Relations and University Budgets: A CUNY Case Study" (Jay Hershenshon); (22) "Public Relations and University Budgets: The University of Connecticut Experience" (Edward Marth); (23) "Discussion of Supreme Court Decision in 'Harris v. Forklift Systems'" (Gwendolyn Young Reams); (24) "Campus Bargaining and the Law: The Management Perspective" (Nicholas DiGiovannia, Jr. and Susan Lipsitz); and (25) "Campus Bargaining and the Law: The AAUP's Perspective" (Ann H. Franke). (MDM)