Carl Dassbach wrote: > ... It is simply that most Americans believe that > they can do better by individually negotiating with their employer instead > of collectively negotiating. I have seen this psychology at work at my > university which just barely voted in a faculty union three years ago and > just barely voted it out a year ago. First thing the administration did > after the defeat of the union was cut benefits but not one idiot faculty > member, as far as I can tell, saw the connection.
Though there's truth to this, it's a mistake to generalize from faculty to the rest of the working class (broadly defined). The job of being a professor (at any level) is very individualized and encourages individualistic views. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
