[PEN-L:1924] Re: TA Grade Strike at Yale --Profs as strike breakers

[glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Harry C.'s post on this thread was _very_ interesting and well worth
discussing on PEN-L.

Some preliminary notes/assertions:

(1) This story is really a very old story often told and too frequently
repeated. Until faculty and other "professionals" at colleges stop
thinking of themselves as "professionals" who have a mutuality of
interest with college administrators/management, it will be very hard in
practice to either organize unions on the campus or orchestrate effective
collective bargaining, work stoppages and/or slowdowns.

(2) The condescending and elitist way in which some faculty view TAs,
part-time faculty, support staff, etc. is connected top the above and
presents one of the major obstacles to union solidarity and collective
action.

(3) ABOLISH GRADES (as Harry suggests) AND EDUCATION AS COMMODITY PRODUCTION.

Jerry