At 09:14 AM 3/22/2004 -0500, Andy Novobilski wrote:
>Let's pause for a moment of "truth in advertising" ...
>
> >From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Fritz Efaw
> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 6:53 PM
> >
> >WOULDN'T IT BE NICE if there were a democratically chosen organization
>of
> >employees that would serve as an advocate for each and all of us ...
>
>There is, for the faculty it is the Faculty Senate. For the staff, it
>is the Employee Relations Committee. Both are democratically elected,
>and fully recognized by the university and their membership as
>representative of their constituents.
>
> > ... We are concerned that although the budget
> >process has been pried open a little due to efforts by the Faculty
> >Federation, ...
>
>A lot of people have contributed to the budget process being opened.
>Faculty in various roles have worked with the Provost and Chancellor to
>bring a greater openness to the process. Some of these folks might also
>be members of the federation. However, the federation should not be
>standing up and taking sole credit for the process.
>
> > ... We'd like to get together the way we were
> >at the 9-11 meeting last year, only WITHOUT the administration, so we
>can
> >listen to each other and decide where to go from here.
>
>Umm, interesting. Let's have openness, but only when its suits our
>purposes. Why is the federation so fearful of administration input?
>Why won't it afford administration the same courtesy demanded from them
>in the form of an open budget process?
>
> > [We] want to emphasize this is NOT a union recruitment meeting or a
> >rally.
>
>Please.
>
> >We expect to be denounced by the usual chorus of whiners and
> >nay-sayers, but we hope you can join us on Wednesday afternoon.
>
>And finally, the traditional "if you don't like what we're saying,
>there's something wrong with you" comment.
>
>Maybe unions have their place, and that is the idea the federation wants
>to bring forth. I'll be one of the first to stand up and support a
>union's right to recruit at this type of meeting at UTC (for that's what
>it is). It seems to me, however, that the only strength that a
>collective bargaining arrangement has is one of a "Big Stick" - i.e.,
>the threat of holding our student's education hostage until a select
>group of faculty and staff receive what they want.
>
>There's got to be a better way.
>
>With regards,
>Andy
>
>===============================
>Andy Novobilski, Ph.D.
>Assoc. Prof. & Acting Dept. Head
>UT Chattanooga Computer Science
>(423) 425-4202
>http://www.utc.edu/faculty/Andy-Novobilski
But the Faculty Senate is for full time faculty is it not?
That is the impression I was given bay a certain party. Do part timers
really have any voice in this organization?
We certainly have very few if any opportunities for professional
development according to most announcements I have seen
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