William Herbert
LaborOnline

The 2022-23 Upsurge of Union Organizing and Strikes in Higher Education

As this report documents, the recent uptick in union organizing has not been large enough to reverse the long-term decline in union density,

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LaborOnline

Collective Bargaining from All Sides in Higher Education

As we anticipate new political chances of addressing impediments to workers power,  we offer this video of a webinar that took place on

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LAWCHA

Research on Graduate Assistants & Right to Unionize Challenges NLRB proposed rule

On November 20, 2019, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of

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Contingent Faculty Committee

Everything Passes, Everything Changes: Unionization and Collective Bargaining in Higher Education

Collective bargaining and unionization in higher education has a long history. In 1936, Teachers Union Local 5 President Charles J. Hendley criticized a

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Contingent Faculty Committee Blog

Organizing the Academy: Strategies and Structures

Legal history and labor law concepts are essential tools for analyzing structures of unionization and collective bargaining, and in developing effective strategies. Reductionism

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Contingent Faculty Committee Blog

Collective Bargaining and Unit Composition

An important issue in collective bargaining, with significant consequences for contingent faculty, is unit composition. At the April 3-5, 2016 annual conference in

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