The 10 most-cited articles in Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, 2024

Over the last decade, the discourse on collective bargaining has evolved, shaped by the multifaceted challenges confronting contemporary higher education, including shifts in public perception and financial constraints. This article delves into the dynamic landscape of academic labor, highlighting its impact on tenured faculty, contingent faculty, and graduate students. The analysis encompasses the historical context of unionization, the transformation of academic labor structures, and present-day factors such as dissatisfaction with higher education, legislative mandates, and threats to academic freedom. The examination of recent legislative efforts in Florida, the article illustrates an ongoing trend and emphasizes the need for meaningful dialogues about the sustainability of higher education institutions nationwide. Amid society's ongoing scrutiny of the value and purpose of higher education, the potential for an upswing in union activity prompts a critical examination of collective bargaining's effectiveness in reinforcing academic freedom, ensuring fair workplace procedures,…

The Persistence of Separate and Unequal: Debunking Myths of the Market in Bargaining for Faculty Gender Salary Equity ABSTRACT For over a century, feminists have challenged occupational gender segregation as a mechanism to rationalize the devaluing of work assigned to women. The social movement momentum in the second half of the twentieth century helped narrow gender pay gaps both within and across occupations. Recently, apologists for gender discrimination have gained ground in obfuscating the role of gender segregation in reproducing salary inequity, pointing to a black box of “market forces” that presumably account for the devaluing of feminized fields, inside and outside of higher education. In this article, we address the state of available national faculty salary data in higher education, and examine three market-based myths for the persistence of gender salary disparities to assist the important work of bargaining for gender salary equity within and also across academic disciplines. We conclude with recommendations for constructing effective negotiations that advance the…

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