Paul Philips posting about Unionism in an important contribution. Sorry that
many penners will not read it because of the unsubbings for the break in
the academic year.
Our unions in the U.S. had done terrible things, sometimes spending more
energy fighting for the CIA than in organizing workers
I feel a great deal of sadness at a lot of the recent diatribe against
unionism on this list, particularly from my good and valued friend,
Bill Mitchell. To do justice to the subject would take a very long
post, but I thought maybe I could suggest a debate (shades of Marx
and Engels in the mid-ni
I wasn't sure if i was mean't to assume that the sender was not on the list and
wanted this forwarded or not. if my assumption is wrong then i am of-course
sorry for sending private email to the list. but the ideas are worth reading.
even if they are supportive of my, seemingly, isolated position.
Bill mitchell wrote:
> if pen-l would like a report from me on how i am coping with being a HOD in a
> time of considerable structural change in OZ unis and in a faculty
> (dept) which is facing major budget cuts and a necessity to reduce our
> staff levels, sing out and i can tell you the who
Before we start a war about my little quip, let me confirm in spades that
i agree with everything jerry says here:
>--
>I would not give others the same advice. While I have no doubt that
>Bill's story is factually correct in all of its details:
>
>a) academic unions vary intern
bill mitchell wrote:
> lessons learned:
>
> don't join the academic union - it is traitorous, discriminatory,
> self-serving and distinctly non-radical.
--
I would not give others the same advice. While I have no doubt that
Bill's story is factually correct in all of its detai
Whenever i send something to pen-l lately i get this back. do others?
it is an automatic reply to the listserver. they are somewhat rude i
think.
>Denise Stanley is on vacation until 12/15/96.
but more curious - this is one hell of a vacation - is this american for 15
December 1996?
sounds li
Doug in two stages:
>Here's how my dear alma mater replied to my complaint about how Yale is
>busting its grad student union. "Developing scholars, not employees"
>indeed.
>
>>I'm an alum of Yale College, class of 1975, and I'm shocked to see my alma
>>mater busting unions. I'm also a journalist,
