It’s curious that, in a time of belt-tightening, the state Legislature is considering allowing the University of Wisconsin System to unionize its faculty and academic staff, which could cost the System $2.2 million per year.
What’s even more curious is that this proposal is included in the state budget.
The Joint Finance Committee voted to allow professors, researchers, instructors and other university employees in the UW System’s 13 four-year universities and 13 two-year colleges the same right to collectively bargain that other state workers have.