It’s hard to miss the rumble out in Wisconsin: The battle between labor and its union-bashing foes has been loud and long. But for faculty and staff of public colleges and universities, the Wisconsin story is even worse. In addition to killing collective bargaining, targeting the union with right-to-work laws and crippling the state with trickle-down economics, Gov. Scott Walker has eviscerated the budget for state colleges and universities, weakened tenure and stripped shared governance from faculty. Many fear that top faculty will flee the state and threaten the reputation of one of the country’s leading university systems. Read more about the threats and what AFT members are doing to fight back. [photo
by Mike De Sisti, @2015 Journal Sentinel, Inc.]