BY GWENDOLYN BRADLEY
We are pleased to announce that the AAUP will be moving forward with organizational changes after affirmative votes at last week’s AAUP annual meeting and AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress regular meeting. Both bodies voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a package of changes that combines the AAUP-CBC and the AAUP. The AAUP-CBC will no longer exist as a separate entity and its programs will be transferred to the AAUP. This will streamline our governance and organizational structure to ensure that we are using our resources to support our chapters and conferences.
This effective press release is interesting in light of the recent Graduate Student Union strike at the University of Chicago, where neither the Administration, nor effectively the Academy, would recognize them. Indeed, many AAUP members crossed the picket lines. Readers may appreciate an op-ed I wrote for the GSU protestors: “University Goes Corporate,” 7 June, https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/6/7/university-goes-corporate/