A couple notes, quotes and observations from Monday nightâ??s University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate meeting — the first such gathering of the 2009-10 academic year at Bascom Hall.
Somewhat surprisingly, few faculty senators appeared to have a burning desire to openly discuss the pros and cons of unionizing.
UW System faculty and academic staff were given the right to form unions under the state budget signed by Gov. Jim Doyle in late June. This provision doesnâ??t mean unions must be formed — simply that both faculty and staff at each UW System institution can vote to form bargaining units if they so choose.