Hilton Embassy Row
Washington, DC
November 30 - December 1, 2001
Schedule
November 30
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration
10:00 AM - 1:15 PM CBC Executive Committee
1:30 PM - 3.00 PM Workshops (choose one)
- Negotiations Roundtable
Estelle Gellman, Hofstra University and Jack Nightingale, AAUP National Office Staff
This review of recently concluded and ongoing negotiations is designed to help identify trends, and to report on what has worked (and hasn't) in dealing with the academic bargaining issues of the day.
- Post September 11: Faculty Rights in Tense Times
Ruth Flower and Martin Snyder, AAUP National Office Staff
A survey of recent strains in the right to speak out on campuses, and the AAUP response. (This will be repeated in the afternoon.)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Workshops (choose one)
- Pre-bargaining Outreach
Representatives from UUP-SUNY and Western Michigan University
Tried and true - and some new and innovative - techniques for taking the faculty pulse in the run up to negotiations.
- Post September 11: Faculty Rights in Tense Times
Ruth Flower and Martin Snyder, AAUP National Office Staff
A survey of recent strains in the right to speak out on campuses, and the AAUP response.
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM Orientation for new delegates
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception (with cash bar)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Dinner and Speaker
Speaker: Fred Feinstein, former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
December 1
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast
AAUP Presidential Candidates Jane Buck and Estelle Gellman
9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON CBC Business Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Field Staff Luncheon
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Workshops (choose one)
- Legal Issues: Managing a Collective Bargaining Chapter
Donna Euben, AAUP Counsel
What you always wanted to know as a union leader but were afraid to ask about labor law controlling union-employee relations; agency fee and duty of fair representation issues.
- Teach-Ins Coast to Coast
Representatives from California Faculty Association and PSC-CUNY
Reports from the fronts: campus-based teach-ins as key tools in bargaining campaigns.