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Resources on Collective Bargaining
These are resources about the topic of collective bargaining generally. If you are interested in organizing a chapter, please see our organizing resources here. If you want to organize a state conference, or have questions about collective bargaining, please e-mail [email protected].
AAUP Policy Statements, Reports, & Analysis
Statement on Collective Bargaining. 2017 revision.
Academic Unionism. 2005
Statement on Academic Government for Institutions Engaged in Collective Bargaining. 1988.
Legal Round-Up: What’s New and Noteworthy for Higher Education? By AAUP Counsel. These yearly legal roundups summarize and highlight significant court decisions and legal developments on topics including collective bargaining.
AAUP Amicus Briefs. Summaries of, and links to, AAUP amicus briefs filed in cases involving collective bargaining rights.
Other AAUP Resources
Collective Bargaining for Academic Freedom and Its Enforcement. 2021. By Rudy Fichtenbaum, Risa L. Lieberwitz, and Jennifer Ruth. A guidebook designed to to assist collective bargaining chapters in protecting academic freedom on their campuses.
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.
