tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post2706723742193184474..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Back on the Line for Another DayDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-331090938447147802011-11-09T12:05:09.663-06:002011-11-09T12:05:09.663-06:00FA is indeed ''negotiating successfully...FA is indeed ''negotiating successfully'' in FA leader's standard. I agree.<br />However, the damage will never be recovered. Strike is a big mistake. Time will prove that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78396530915044853742011-11-09T07:45:56.575-06:002011-11-09T07:45:56.575-06:00Some people apparently don't understand what &...Some people apparently don't understand what "negotiate" means. I blame the President (Obama, not Poshard). In a negotiation you ask for everything you want and settle for what you can live with. By those standards the FA is indeed negotiating successfully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-85373415459370944032011-11-09T05:27:07.908-06:002011-11-09T05:27:07.908-06:00Went from 30 day notice to no days:
"xx.05.0...Went from 30 day notice to no days:<br /><br />"xx.05.04. Notice of Layoff. Faculty shall be given employment for at least one academic year beyond the academic year in which she/he is given notice of layoff. The notice requirements of this Section shall not apply in cases of extreme and immediate financial exigency."<br /><br />Thanks, FA. Any definition of "immediate" or &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-59496022321773833912011-11-08T23:53:41.951-06:002011-11-08T23:53:41.951-06:00Anon. 11.37 said:
"No one can fix stupid. Le...Anon. 11.37 said:<br /><br />"No one can fix stupid. Let those FA fellows celebrate their ''big gains'' and great ''victory'' in SIUC history."<br /><br />Groan. I like Ron White well enough, but I grow increasingly nauseous every time I hear that phrase used that way. I am not in the union and disagree with the strike. But the faculty (our colleagues,beezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-79395160540206984232011-11-08T23:37:53.591-06:002011-11-08T23:37:53.591-06:00No one can fix stupid. Let those FA fellows celebr...No one can fix stupid. Let those FA fellows celebrate their ''big gains'' and great ''victory'' in SIUC history. <br /><br />"You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-86475403007966178072011-11-08T23:14:44.560-06:002011-11-08T23:14:44.560-06:00Faculty at Work:
You are clearly working too har...Faculty at Work: <br /><br />You are clearly working too hard and consequently your posts are misguided and incorrect, you really should take a rest from working, maybe take a break and join on us on the picket lines, you missed a beautiful sunny day today, ...., all work and no play makes Jack a dull Faculty Member, very dull............g'night, sleep tightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-25515026778444264512011-11-08T23:04:06.872-06:002011-11-08T23:04:06.872-06:00If a union advocates for the advancement of its me...If a union advocates for the advancement of its membership at the expense of other groups within the university community positive outcomes are made more difficult, or diminished completely as Peter is robbed to pay Paul. <br /><br />In many universities, the power of layered advocacy is being burned on the altar of seniority, mediocrity, everyone-is-excellent, no-one-can-fail, or other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-51462268617210984632011-11-08T21:53:04.995-06:002011-11-08T21:53:04.995-06:00@ Amelia 4:45 Again, I agree with you Amelia. I co...@ Amelia 4:45 Again, I agree with you Amelia. I couldn't have said it better myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-52403782557296635302011-11-08T21:51:31.323-06:002011-11-08T21:51:31.323-06:00Dear Lord -- breathe slowly into a paper bag, Jonn...Dear Lord -- breathe slowly into a paper bag, Jonny...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-83957119766831296312011-11-08T21:43:58.415-06:002011-11-08T21:43:58.415-06:00Uh, Faculty at Work, you may want to take notice t...Uh, Faculty at Work, you may want to take notice that there is no agreement yet, so to say that anyone has caved or failed, is a bit premature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-70469772719393784152011-11-08T21:30:44.476-06:002011-11-08T21:30:44.476-06:00My point was that the strike has been a failure, i...My point was that the strike has been a failure, if the goal was to make the contract better than what the admin offered last week. Just before the strike, the FA said the major issues were:<br /><br />1. Furloughs (no deal yet)<br />2. Salary increase (FA took the admin offer after saying they didn't want to hurt students by taking it)<br />3. RIF and FE<br /><br />ON RiF: "RIF Faculty at Worknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-36371718879677854782011-11-08T21:15:55.600-06:002011-11-08T21:15:55.600-06:00Please make that, "good luck with that Mike E...Please make that, "good luck with that Mike E."Mike (not E)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-59519059284548241332011-11-08T21:13:20.610-06:002011-11-08T21:13:20.610-06:00But of course, Mike Eichholz is holding out strong...But of course, Mike Eichholz is holding out strong for trying to get 30% to sign a decertification campaign. Given that we are winning on practically every bargaining issue since the strike, and students are massively in support of us (and growing in numbers by the day), good luck with that Mike!Disgusted entirely at the BOT nownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-43377980820438259982011-11-08T21:09:37.811-06:002011-11-08T21:09:37.811-06:00Grad student,
I agree faculty should not encourag...Grad student,<br /><br />I agree faculty should not encourage students to miss class. I have told mine via email that it up to them but that I will make up all instructional time lost - whether or not I am paid for this.<br /><br />We have a union because a majority of the faculty voted to have a union. However, some people like the contracts but just don't want to pay the dues. Many of the Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-64006241866676639042011-11-08T20:38:18.089-06:002011-11-08T20:38:18.089-06:00"We are committed, as ever, to securing a fai..."We are committed, as ever, to securing a fair contract agreement as quickly as possible in order to put an end to the strike on the SIUC campus. We call upon the administration team to show an equal commitment to resolving our outstanding differences, and to do so without any interruption in negotiations." -Dave Johnson (FA)<br /><br />Then why invite the media? The media being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-91522859963335687892011-11-08T20:32:32.163-06:002011-11-08T20:32:32.163-06:00(Sorry if I ramble. I am merely brainstorming over...(Sorry if I ramble. I am merely brainstorming over a few issues mentioned by other posters)<br /><br />According to the Chicago Tribune, roughly 1/3 of the tenured faculty are dues-paying members of the union. By definition, this means they are pro-union. If you are pro-union, why would you not join the union in the first place? Fear of backlash for simply joining?-->Doubtful. Not even all of Grad Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-31803288247334424152011-11-08T20:28:45.228-06:002011-11-08T20:28:45.228-06:00RIF language that accords with common AAUP practic...RIF language that accords with common AAUP practice... Check (during strike)<br /><br />Distance Education can only be a voluntary assignment - professors may opt out due to pedagogical reasons... Check (during strike deadline period I believe is when that was accomplished)<br /><br />Overload assignments during summer and face-to-face ones during school year are now normalized in the contract atOne very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-45099398475565716552011-11-08T20:15:21.264-06:002011-11-08T20:15:21.264-06:00Faculty at Work:
They can no longer fire us with ...Faculty at Work:<br /><br />They can no longer fire us with 30 days notice, thats a BIG gain. Check out those imposed terms from late April! We also got good gains on FE and RIF, still being finalized, so check those out also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-49391427571289056742011-11-08T20:14:33.608-06:002011-11-08T20:14:33.608-06:00No, back-to-work pay is to make up missed classes ...No, back-to-work pay is to make up missed classes for our students so they are actually competently instructed by professional scholars. In my department, Chancellor Cheng and Dean Leonard have made a complete mockery of "students will be taught by experienced instructors." Dr. Winters anybody? Teaching a history class? We heard stories that he simply outlined the textbook chapter One very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-18143835889038617142011-11-08T19:55:22.858-06:002011-11-08T19:55:22.858-06:00Some of these post make it look like people are lo...Some of these post make it look like people are looking for a bad guy (FA? Administration? Rita? Picketers?). Why does someone have to be postured in an opposing position simply because a few comment posters on this blog have opinions and point-of-views? I am out on the picket line. I have a point-of-view and I am expressing it. You have yours, and you are encouraged to express it. Isn’t a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-28677288303548643472011-11-08T19:44:18.389-06:002011-11-08T19:44:18.389-06:00Mike wrote:
"No one wants to stay to strike....Mike wrote:<br /><br />"No one wants to stay to strike."<br /><br />Well, FA told people "back to work pay is customary." So if you anticipate pay for not working, then sure it would be better to strike. Many strikers are just staying home, right? And they will get paid for it? Sounds good to me!No Back to Work Paynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-42315234372148980222011-11-08T18:34:20.468-06:002011-11-08T18:34:20.468-06:00The FA union needs to set aside reserve funds so t...The FA union needs to set aside reserve funds so that the faculty who fought hard and were not afraid to go on strike so that the university and all the other faculty could benefit are reimbursed for their efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-64668675711860784972011-11-08T16:45:06.577-06:002011-11-08T16:45:06.577-06:00Oh, please stop acting like anyone WANTED to strik...Oh, please stop acting like anyone WANTED to strike. That's absurd. You may not agree that they were "forced", but obviously no one wanted to risk their jobs, not get paid, endure community & colleague derision (as well as support, of course), and spend hours and hours standing around on a street corner holding a sign in all kinds of weather instead of cozy in their offices Amelia Ketzlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-74356936034449839282011-11-08T15:51:50.926-06:002011-11-08T15:51:50.926-06:00Paranoid said: (re: blackboard add-ons):
"I ...Paranoid said: (re: blackboard add-ons):<br /><br />"I wish they would have at least waited until 12:01 AM on Thursday."<br /><br />I understand the sentiment, but at least based on my past experience with blackboard, I think that someone has to manually make all these changes, so that probably took some time (in which case, I would not be surprised if it started Wed night to make sure beezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-50719961489364963332011-11-08T15:29:13.132-06:002011-11-08T15:29:13.132-06:00Beezer:
The Blackboard addition happened on Wed. ...Beezer:<br /><br />The Blackboard addition happened on Wed. night. I expected them to do it, but I wish they would have at least waited until 12:01 AM on Thursday.paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.com