2020 Supplementary Directory of New Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education, 2013-2019

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Postdoc Identity, Jurisdictional Issues, Ideologies, and Unions: Considerations in Organizing Professionals

“…In 2005, a unionization drive emerged at the University of California (Camacho and Rhoads 2015). By 2020, six postdoc unions had been established (Herbert, Apkarian and van der Naald 2020). 1…”

Faculty unions as a fourth actor: Two paths to supporting female professors in academia

“…Public-sector union rights vary by state, but approximately one-third of all public 4-year colleges and universities have a union bargaining on behalf of tenure-track, adjunct, and/or part-time faculty (Cassell & Halaseh, 2014). Union membership in higher education is growing in response to a more contested administrative and public policy environment, including at private universities (Herbert et al, 2020). The largest faculty union in the U.S. is the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which in 2022 formally affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).…”