Stuart and Ed’s Excellent Adventure
By Jay Rosenstein This past spring, two U of I Trustees set out on a secret mission to solve the seemingly unsolvable Chief Illiniwek problem once and for all. And […]
Category Archives: Statements
Frederick Hoxie
FREDERICK HOXIE Swanlund Professor of History and Law I have loved academic life since I entered graduate school more than forty years ago. Over the ensuing decades I have been […]
Sundiata Cha-Jua
SUNDIATA CHA-JUA Associate Professor, History and African American Studies I support collective bargaining for three reasons. First, it is the only process by which working people, whether physical or mental […]
Antoinette Burton
ANTOINETTE BURTON Professor, History; Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies I support the union not only to protect the principles and practices of shared […]
Atoma Batoma
ATOMA BATOMA Associate Professor, Library When universities are run according to a corporate model, the quality of education suffers and intellectual freedom, as well as the freedom of speech, is […]
Teresa Barnes
TERESA BARNES Associate Professor, History and Gender and Women’s Studies Our faculty need a union because only through collective bargaining can we ensure job security and have a say in […]
Lisa Rosenthal
LISA ROSENTHALAssociate Professor, Art History A union will help make the university a better workplace for faculty, will provide a stronger and more effective institution for our students, and will […]
Roderick Wilson
RODERICK WILSON Assistant Professor, History A faculty union on this campus would represent us in the statewide effort needed to protect our current salaries and benefits. It would also give […]
Dara Goldman
DARA GOLDMAN Associate Professor, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese The CFA is an absolutely essential tool in ensuring that faculty have a clear and effective voice in the development of the […]
Russell Giannetta
RUSSELL GIANNETTA Professor, Physics We must play a larger role in the decision-making process on campus. The administration, no doubt acting in good will, is sometimes forced into positions at […]
Frederick Davidson
FREDERICK DAVIDSON Professor, Linguistics We need a faculty union to spark and maintain a dialogue that is long overdue about a critical issue: our priorities. Our campus should focus not […]
Monica Bielski Boris
MONICA BIELSKI BORIS Assistant Professor, Labor and Employment Relations As a scholar of employment relations, I know firsthand the value of union representation for all workers. Collective bargaining provides a […]
