Starting now, faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and throughout the UW System have the right to organize and vote if they want to form unions on campus.
It may mean a louder, collective voice for these groups, but also has the potential to pit faculty and staff against management according to some UW-L officials.
Gov. Jim Doyle signed a state budget Monday extending collective bargaining rights to UW academic staff and faculty.
Collective bargaining rights give a meaningful voice to UW-L faculty and staff, said Tom Hench, president of UW-Lâ??s local Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals chapter.