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Preserving Excellence at Illinois: March 2014
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Preserving Excellence at Illinois. This website provides a platform for those who are concerned that faculty unionization would damage our campus, and who oppose the campaign to force individual faculty members and departments into a faculty union. Saturday, March 15, 2014. FACULTY SPEAK OUT AGAINST UNIONIZATION. Updated, June 10). Over 300 faculty have joined with us in registering their concerns about the consequences of a faculty union for the excellence of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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UICUF Dissenter: October 2014
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Thursday, October 23, 2014. On geese, gander, and going dark; or, why some of the links on this blog don't seem to work anymore. In a recent post. I explained why I had briefly taken my blog offline and why I put it back online. I say this now because in this post I am about to criticize the UIC United Faculty Union for doing something similar with its new website, which you can find here. Links to this post. Monday, October 13, 2014. Should the UICU...
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UICUF Dissenter: February 2015
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Good on the UIC United Faculty Union. I have complained recently ( here. About transparency and the UICUF website. But I should point out that the union has posted minutes from its February 5, 2015 minutes. Here's it the link to the PDF. And here is the link to the page where the PDF is housed. I have not read the minutes yet but plan to do so when I get the chance (and am not sure when that will be). Links to this post.
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UICUF Dissenter: Credit where it's due
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Credit where it's due. I spend a lot of time criticizing the UIC United Faculty Union, and I stand by most of my criticisms, and when I don't, my goal is formally retract them or admit when I am wrong. I also wish to acknowledge when it does right. The recent election is one area where it did so. I do not speak here about any of UICUF's affiliates, which as far as I know may or may not have endorsed candidates. I welcome gue...
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UICUF Dissenter: July 2014
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Thursday, July 31, 2014. The case for a conscience exemption, Part Two. In my last post. The practical argument comes partially as a response to what are probably the best objections to expanding the exemption, namely, that doing so would effect a drain on the union's resources and encourage anti-union-shop (aka "right to work") activists in their efforts to outlaw all fair-share provisions. My first answer is that if someone is dishonest enough to f...
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UICUF Dissenter: Submit a guest post!
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Monday, August 25, 2014. Submit a guest post! A few ground rules:. 1 If I publish your post, I won't edit for content, although I may edit for format or to correct typos. 2 I reserve the right NOT. 4 I will accept anonymous guest posts, or guest posts under the author's true name. I do not even have to know your true name to accept a guest post. UPDATE August 31, 2014:. It turns out I might not be a member. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The cas...
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UICUF Dissenter: Wherein the UIC United Faculty Union demolishes one of my criticisms
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Saturday, March 7, 2015. Wherein the UIC United Faculty Union demolishes one of my criticisms. A long, long while back, I criticized, at this link, a statement made by the union. But now, I read on the minutes from the UICUF's last representative assembly meeting on February 5, 2015. Contains a reference to a rally that those workers will hold in April. Whatever reservations I have about the UIC United Faculty Union, I support fast food workers' effo...
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UICUF Dissenter: August 2014
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Sunday, August 31, 2014. I may not be in the union/bargaining unit after all. I have a confession to make and the short version is that it appears I might not be member of the bargaining unit and therefore not a bona fide. Around the same time- probably after I spoke with my acquaintance although I am no longer certain- I asked one of my supervisor/colleagues if I was in the bargaining unit. He or she thought I was. All full-time.non-tenure track...
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UICUF Dissenter: Status update
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A voice of opposition to the UIC United Faculty Union. Friday, June 26, 2015. Well, it seems mostly settled that I'm not in the bargaining unit after all. I recently rescinded my membership in the union, and when I did so was informed that I was not a member of the unit in the first place. (Still, the leadership promised to honor my request to leave the union and promised to return the card I had signed.). Seem disfavored by the contract:. Therefore, I have done the following:. For similar reasons, I hav...
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