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It doesn't matter if you do in most colleges. Tenured professors constitute such a small voice any way, theri illusions notwithstanding. Like any workers, they can usually be persuaded to vote against their immediate bread-and-butter self-interest, much less the long-term well-being of the occupation. This is done pretty much the same way in all industries. Management lays down the terms of the proposal and nobody is really allowed to challenge them. The union behaves "responsibly" to prevent any divisive questions. The conclusions are foregone. In short, you have an announced "budget shortfall." Nobody's really allowed to probe as to how. Then you have to start "cutting the fat." I've seen this in auto, in the newspaper biz, academe. And it seems to be working initially on a national and global level. In fact, we just heard about major unilateral cuts to pensions and benefits. It's not the 1950s. Much as I like to fantasize about retiring to the south of France and supplementing my retirement by editing and writing, I suspect it'll be a trailer on the redneck riviera and collecting cans on the highway. ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
