AAUP Statements, Policies, & Analysis
Statement on Collective Bargaining. 1993 revision.
Bylaws of the Collective Bargaining Congress. (.pdf) 2006 revision.
Annual Legal Update (.pdf). 2011. By Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Legal Round-Up: What’s New and Noteworthy for Higher Education? 2010. By Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel and Kathi Westcott, Associate Counsel. Presentation for July 2010 AAUP Summer Institute.
Annual Legal Update (.pdf). 2009. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Labor and Collective Bargaining Updates. (.pdf) 2009. By Rachel B. Levinson Waldman and Deborah C. Brown. Presentation to the 30th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education.
Legal Update. 2008. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Legal Update. 2007. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Intellectual Property Legal Issues For Faculty and Faculty Unions. 2005. By Ann D. Springer. AAUP Associate Counsel. An informational outline.
Legal Update. 2005. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Legal Update. 2004. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the 31st Annual National Conference on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Legal Update. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the 31st Annual National Conference on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Collective Bargaining: Revised And Revisited. 2001. By Donna Euben, AAUP Counsel, and American Association of University Professors and Thomas P. Hustoles, Senior Partner, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. An informational outline.
AAUP Actions & Initiatives
The Academic Community and Convention Hotel Labor Disputes. (.pdf) This resolution addresses labor disputes at hotels serving academic conferences and was approved by the AAUP's Council in November 2005.
Sternberg Award. This award is given by the Collective Bargaining Congress to recognize outstanding individuals or chapters.
Academe: Magazine of the AAUP
Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.
New Faculty Union Under Attack. July-August 2011. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
The Dress Rehearsal for McCarthyism. July-August 2011. By Carol Smith.
Learning from Wisconsin. July-August 2011. Jamie Owen Daniel.
Angry Badgers. July-August 2011. By Mari Jo Buhle and Paul Buhle.
AAUP Union Chapter Wins “Fair Share”. January-February 2011. By Jenn Nichols. Nota Bene.
Bowling Green Faculty Vote for AAUP Union. November-December 2010. By Jenn Nichols, Nota Bene.
January-February 2010.
Don’t Mourn, Organize. By Cary Nelson.
“A Welcome Debate” over Labor Reform. Interview by Cat Warren.
Singing All the Way to the Union. By Joe Grim Feinberg.
The Antiunion Devil in the Details. By Rana Jaleel.
Reeling In the Years. By Daniel Czitrom.
Bad-Faith Bargaining. November-December 2009. By Cary Nelson. From the President.
Contract Gains for Part-Time Chapter. November-December 2009. By Jenn Nichols. Nota Bene.
Pay Raises for Nebraska Faculty Upheld. September-October. By Jenn Nichols. Nota Bene.
Fighting Back: Negotiating under the Radar. July-August 2009. By Gary E. Starr, Roderick Henry, and Jeff Kolnick.
Victory on the Horizon. March-April 2009. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Academic Labor Unions: The Legal Landscape. January-February 2001. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.
Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, November-December 1998. Special issue focusing on academic collective bargaining.
Other AAUP Resources
AAUP Unionism: Principles and Goals. (.pdf) 2008.
Download this statement in a printer-friendly booklet format that you can share with colleagues.
Academic Collective Bargaining. 2006. Eds. Michael Mauer and Ernst Benjamin. American Association of University Professors and Modern Language Association. The essays in this volume explore the perspectives, successes, failures, and approaches of those who have collectively bargained so that readers can assess the pros and cons of unionization.
Faculty and Management Rights in Higher Education Collective Bargaining: A Faculty Perspective. Ernst Benjamin. A presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Profession on April 14, 1997.
Contingent Faculty & Collective Bargaining. More information on collective bargaining and how it relates specifically to contingent faculty.
Graduate Students & Collective Bargaining. More information on collective bargaining and how it relates specifically to graduate students.
Other Resources
Links to Other Organizations
http://faculty.pnc.edu/kscipes/LaborBib.htm. A comprehensive bibliography of materials on labor unions and issues.
http://www.biglabor.com. Web site of the Union Communication Services Inc. with information on unions of all kinds.
Contact Us
If you are interested in organizing a state conference, or have questions about collective bargaining, please e-mail organizing@aaup.org.
(updated 4/11)