faculty union

Academic staff organization

A faculty union is an organized labor group representing teachers or professors at a school, college, or university.

Faculty unions negotiate collectively with administrators over salaries, benefits, working conditions, and academic policies.

The faculty union threatened to strike over proposed benefit cuts.

Membership may be required or optional depending on state law and institutional agreements.

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labor organization vs. management

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Those governing a college

college administration · management · board of trustees · HR department · human resources

collective vs. individual representation

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Job without guaranteed duration

self-representation

Family

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