Some Characteristics of Faculty Union Memberships and Their Implications

1977 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lewis Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Union

Lay Activism and Activism Intentions in a Faculty Union

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Fiorito ◽  
Daniel Tope ◽  
Philip E. Steinberg ◽  
Irene Padavic ◽  
Caroline E. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Ties ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Public University ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Labor Activism ◽  
Faculty Union ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
Conceptual Work

Prior conceptual work on union renewal places activism in a central role. Understanding of activism’s antecedents, however, remains limited. This study uses a sample of faculty union members at a large public university, thus providing considerable diversity in work settings within a single employer organization. Using survey and archival data, this study explores the role of selected contextual factors on faculty labor activism. A tentative but interesting finding is that linkages to other activists appear to be a stronger predictor of individual activism than does departmental membership density. That is, it seems that “subcultures of apathy” can exist in even high membership density settings and that social ties to activists may spur members to heightened levels of activism.

scholarly journals Free City! Reclaiming City College of San Francisco and Free Education for All

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Marcy Rein ◽  
Mickey Ellinger ◽  
Vicki Legion
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Corporate Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
City College ◽  
Faculty Union ◽  
Main Target

Public education is a main target of the assault on the public sector; recently corporate education reformers have expanded their agenda to include the open-access community colleges, which enroll 40 percent of U.S. college students. City College of San Francisco was threatened with closure for resisting this policy agenda. The faculty union, students, and community groups led by people of color waged and won a five-year battle to save it. Although not unscathed, today the college is open, accredited, and free. In the continuing war on working-class community institutions, this struggle offers valuable lessons for coalitions of labor and social movements.

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