Organizing to Organize: The Case of a Successful Long-Haul Campaign for Collective Bargaining Rights

• Published in: Cornell Higher Education Research Institute
• Main Author: Kniffin, Kevin M
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Cornell Higher Education Research Institute 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Activism; Educational Research; Higher Education; Labor Legislation; Local History; Negotiation Agreements; Organizational Effectiveness; Organizational Theories; Political Affiliation; Political Influences; Politics of Education; Position Papers; State Action; State Government; Success; Union Members; Unions; Wisconsin; Wisconsin

After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the University of Wisconsin (UW) System won the right to bargain collectively in June 2009 when the Governor signed legislation that modified state labor law. In this paper, I present historical and interdiscip...