University Administrator and Faculty Pay in the New Gilded Age
BY PAUL CAMPOS The following is reposted with permission from the Lawyers, Guns, and Money blog. Paul Campos is Professor of Law at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Here are some numbers that …
Source: University Administrator and Faculty Pay in the New Gilded Age
Remaining Engaged, Finding New Ways to Contribute
BY MARTIN KICH I initially became involved in AAUP because I was very impressed by Rudy Fichtenbaum’s and Jim Vance’s commitment to defending our colleagues’ right to fair treatment—by their commit…
How States Are Voting in the 2020 Election
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This color-coded map indicating the proportionate number of votes for each state was created for a detailed article published by the New York Times. A somewhat more up-to-date…
President Truman’s Labor Day Address in Cadillac Square, Detroit
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH September 06, 1948 This, in my opinion, is a great day for labor. This is a great day for the country. When I can stand on this same platform in the city of Detroit with the M…
Source: President Truman’s Labor Day Address in Cadillac Square, Detroit
One of Our Own Is Running for a Seat in the Ohio Senate
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Ten years ago, Joel O’Dorisio was campaigning for a faculty union at Bowling Green State University. Ten years later, he has been campaigning to be the next State Senator for …
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A Response to Asininity Posing as Good Old American Common Sense
by Martin Kich What follows is a Facebook post that is apparently being shared fairly widely: Is there someone out there who can tell me what our end game is with the Rona? What is the magic formul…
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Akron Represents a Crisis. It Is Not an Anomaly.
by Martin Kich The current situation at the University of Akron is extreme but nonetheless illustrative of the situations developing at many of our college and university campuses across the state …
Rally for University of Akron Faculty—Wednesday, July 15, at Noon
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH All hands on deck! Join us for a rally and press conference before the University of Akron Board of Trustees meeting. Our event is: WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th @ NOON. We’ll meet at …
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Doubletalk on Top of Doubletalk
BY MARTIN KICH During the lengthy contract impasse that led up to our three-week strike in winter of 2019, our administration made many draconian proposals. That their proposed gutting of the retre…
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