Harry C.'s post on this thread was _very_ interesting and well worth discussing on PEN-L. Some preliminary notes/assertions: (1) This story is really a very old story often told and too frequently repeated. Until faculty and other "professionals" at colleges stop thinking of themselves as "professionals" who have a mutuality of interest with college administrators/management, it will be very hard in practice to either organize unions on the campus or orchestrate effective collective bargaining, work stoppages and/or slowdowns. (2) The condescending and elitist way in which some faculty view TAs, part-time faculty, support staff, etc. is connected top the above and presents one of the major obstacles to union solidarity and collective action. (3) ABOLISH GRADES (as Harry suggests) AND EDUCATION AS COMMODITY PRODUCTION. Jerry
