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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: Faculty Unionization
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.123639.17062@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <C1F2tn.75I@sun.cns.muskingum.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:36:39 GMT
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- In article <C1F2tn.75I@sun.cns.muskingum.edu> harms@vax.cns.muskingum.edu writes:
- >For various reasons that I'd rather not get into, the faculty at Muskingum
- >College are considering forming a union. Of course, the proponents of unions
- >have brought in several organizers who paint a relatively promising picture of
- >the benefits of unionization. It seems to be more difficult for opponents to
- >find sources presenting the downside of unions.
- >
- >If you have any experience with faculty unions, I would be very interested to
- >hear from you, either via email or a followup discussion. I'm very
- >uncomfortable making a decision when only one side has been presented.
-
- Three basic laws of unions:
-
- 1) Your pay increases
-
- 2) Union dues usually equal your pay increase from #1
-
- 3) The cost of whatever service you are providing increases
- (in this case, tuition will either increase or budget
- cutbacks will be made)
-
- --
- John Mechalas "I'm not an actor, but
- mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu I play one on TV."
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