Category Archives: unionization

Albert Einstein on Collective Bargaining

Posted on April 6, 2012 by ucsdfac

Think collective action is outside the realm of science?  Albert Einstein didn’t think so.  In “Out of My Later Years” (most recent print by Grammercy, 1993), the Noble-prize winning physicist – and founding member of AFT Local 552 at Princeton … Continue reading →

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“Time for a Faculty Union”: The View from Oregon

Posted on March 4, 2012 by ucsdfac

This week, SDFA President Ivan Evans and Vice-President Luis Martin-Cabrera are heading up to Eugene to observe the current union card membership drive that is taking place at the University of Oregon (UO).  Prof. Gordon Lafer (shown here) of UO’s Labor Education and Research … Continue reading →

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Anti-union campaign at UCSD begins early?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by ucsdfac

Walking through my department in early October, I noticed the following posting on our bulletin board: (here is the link from above). While nothing is untruthful here, it is not hard to read the skeptical, negative and scary tone between … Continue reading →

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