Daily Illini: Unionized UI faculty in minority
Lack of support hinders collective bargaining power
In the Feb. 7 edition of The Daily Illini in the article “Unionized UI faculty in minority,” reported that University faculty have had bargaining rights since 2003. The faculty has had those rights since as early as the 1970s. Also, the article referred to Vice President of the Campus Faculty Association Alfred Kagan as Alan Kagan. The Daily Illini regrets the errors.
The following is the story as it originally ran on Feb. 7
Legislators in Wisconsin are seeking to give faculty members at public universities the ability to bargain collectively with university administration, a practice currently not condoned at Wisconsin public universities.
However, finding support to form Wisconsin faculty unions may be difficult if perceptions are anything like those at the University of Illinois.
Since 2003, faculty at all three University campuses have had the right to form unions and bargain collectively with administration, but have had little success finding a majority of the faculty to support it.
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