TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drescher,Nuala McGann
AU  - Scheuerman,William
AU  - Steen,Ivan D.
TI  - United University Professions: pioneering in higher education unionism 
SN  - 9781438474694
AV  - LB2335 .U558 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - United University Professions (Association : N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Employees
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - College teachers' unions
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The State University of New York prior to unionization --; The right to bargain collectively, 1967-73 --; The emergence of United University Professions, 1973-81 --; Organizational structure, internal disagreement, innovation and growth, 1981-87 --; Expanding the role of UUP, 1987-93 --; UUP matures: part I, 1993-2001 --; UUP matures: part II, 2001-2007 --; New challenges and future prospects; 2; b
N2  - "Public education, from pre-K through higher education, and labor unions, particularly those representing public sector workers, are today under attack from those who question the very need to have such basic institutions. United University Professions: Pioneering Higher Education Unionism is a history of United University Professions (UUP), which grew from humble beginnings to become the nation's largest higher education union representing some 35,000 academic and professional staff within the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Authors Nuala McGann Drescher, William E. Scheuerman, William Ivan D. Steen chronicle how UUP built upon its early accomplishments at the bargaining table and in the political arena to become a national leader in the struggle to preserve academic freedom and the institution of tenure, the bedrock of academic freedom. More broadly, they argue, UUP in microcosm confirms the importance of unionization not only for the members it represents, but to core American values and American democracy itself"--
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