Connecticut Measure Would Strip Many Faculty Members of Collective-Bargaining Rights

by E Wayne Ross on April 21, 2011

The Chronicle: Connecticut Measure Would Strip Many Faculty Members of Collective-Bargaining Rights

A budget bill working its way through Connecticut’s House of Representatives would have the effect of stripping many college faculty members of their rights to engage in collective bargaining, by reclassifying them as “managerial employees” if they are heads of academic departments or hold certain other decision-making roles.