Interunion conflict and the evolution of faculty unionism in Canada

This article explores the role of interunion conflict in the rise and evolution of faculty unionism in Canada. We argue that competition and tension between the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in the early 1970s played a key role i...

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Published inStudies in political economy Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 208 - 229
Main Authors Ross, Stephanie, Savage, Larry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa Routledge 01.09.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT); contract academic faculty
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Certification
College faculty
Colleges & universities
Conflict
faculty associations
faculty unions
Leadership
Neoliberalism
Role conflict
Teachers
Unionization
unions
Canada
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Summary:This article explores the role of interunion conflict in the rise and evolution of faculty unionism in Canada. We argue that competition and tension between the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in the early 1970s played a key role in driving professors' support for the certification of independent faculty associations. Moreover, we contend that a parochial, sectionalist, and craft-like brand of faculty unionism remained dominant in Canada until the 2000s, when external forces and the rise of the neoliberal university convinced CAUT's leadership to broaden the tent in terms of membership and embrace an enlarged notion of solidarity in an effort to better defend terms and conditions of work for university teachers.
ISSN:0707-8552
1918-7033
DOI:10.1080/07078552.2020.1848498