[PEN-L:1925] Re: TA Grade Strike at Yale --Profs as strike breakers

[blairs@xxxxxxxxxxx (Blair Sandler)]

At 7:53 AM 12/13/95, glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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

This problem extends into the supposed left, as well. At UMass Amherst,
noted leftist faculty (one in particular, now no longer at UMass) in the
econ dept. were among the worst offenders in this regard -- arrogant,
disrespectful, and undemocratic, reviled by secretaries and hated by at
least some grad students.

After I left there, one grad student reported to me, in regard to this
faculty member, that students had discussed "tying him up and reading his
work to him."

This same professor, on becoming dept. chair, attempted to revoke various
informal privileges that had been enjoyed for years by the secretaries.

Blair