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Faculty approved to vote on union Mark DeBoer Staff Writer
In a decision handed down in January, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the faculty of Carroll College met the requirements to form a union. This new union would be under the guidance of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). In the NLRB’s Decision and Direction of Election and the UAW’s Post-Hearing Brief of the Petitioner, UAW, both groups showed the amount of governance, managerial, and supervisory abilities the Carroll College faculty has is limited, thus granting the faculty the right to vote to form a union. To successfully form a union, the faculty must have the vote pass with a simple majority. At which time, upon success, the faculty and the administration would enter into collective bargaining, which is the main way a union operates as mediator between employer and employee. In such bargaining the union, faculty, and the administration of the college will come together to cooperatively work upon the issues in a give and take manner that the faculty claims is lacking within the current system of operations at Carroll. Many other colleges and universities across the country have petitioned for these same rights, some of which have been declined. The most notable exception and one the administration could use to appeal the ruling is the case NLRB v. Yeshiva University. In said case, the faculty was ruled to have complete authority over governance issues. Under the Yeshiva ruling a faculty must show they “effectively control or implement employer policy,” as the PostHearing Brief of the Petitioner, UAW stated. It went on to say in accordance with the actual Yeshiva ruling, Yeshiva, 444 U.S. at 691, “… Carroll College’s faculty are certainly not ‘substantially and pervasively operating] the enterprise’.” An e-mail dated January 27, 2005 from Dr. Lynne Bernier, Provost of Carroll College and Associate Professor of Politics, stated, “If the UAW is elected … the College can refuse to bargain … where it will argue … the decision in the case of Yeshiva University v. the NLRB
is also applicable to Carroll College because faculty are managers with effective control …” Similarly, President Falcone stated in an e-mail dated January 24, 2005, “In Yeshiva, the courts ruled that faculty at private colleges and universities affect the daily operation of their schools in so many ways that they are supervisors or managers under the definitions of [the] National Labor Relations Act.” Falcone went on to say though, “… I can assure you that nothing is going to change in terms of the authority … on campus. This administration and Board of Trustees will continue to decide how and where the resources of the College, especially its human capital embedded in its faculty, can be best allocated …” Dr. Deirdre Keenen of the English Department said, “I believe philosophically that any time employees want to unionize it is due to the failure of the administration, and I think that that is the case here. That for a long time, and there’s a long history of this, this administration has eroded faculty say in governance in ways that profoundly affect our working conditions and student educations here.” Keenen went on to say, “… we have tried in every way we can to address our concerns and we have been met with nothing but rejection, and we are at this point because it’s our last recourse.” When asked if there will be any benefits from the unionization for the faculty, Bernier said, “From my view it is not clear this will benefit the teachers … I don’t think that’s clear at all because unionization means that there will be collective bargaining. “… There’s a leadership group who appointed themselves, and they clearly believe this will be beneficial, and I think everything that I’ve heard them put forth is about faculty, and not about the quality of education. The UAW is not interested in students. The UAW is also not interested in shared government. The UAW is interested in salaries, benefits, hours, and related working conditions.” Dr. Kevin Guilfoy, newly hired Professor of Philosophy, stated in agreement, “I don’t think the unions deal with governing issues. Having a union representing you isn’t going to make the Board [of Trustees] See Unionization Page 3
Fenske moves out Alysha Schertz Staff Writer
Carroll College Director of Student Activities, Susanne Fenske, has left her position at Carroll and beginning second semester, took over the Student Life Coordinator’s position at Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC). Her reasons for leaving were “two-fold,” according to Fenske, “I was looking for a way to grow professionally … and second, I needed to consider my personal life as my husband and I make decisions about having a family …” Fenske was hired in October of 2000 to fill the position of Student Activities Director at Carroll. Her job was to take over the duties of then acting director Patrick Peyer. Since 2000, her responsibilities ranged from budget signings to freshmen orientations. “… first and foremost to work with the student organizations. I was a resource to them.” Fenske mentioned she “loved working with the students at Carroll and will miss them very much.” She served as the College Activities Board (CAB) advisor and organized the programming on campus. Sara Bowlin, 2004-2005 CAB Entertainment Chair, has confidence that even though Fenske is gone, the student organizations on campus will “continue doing what we do best because we were under her guidance for so long.” Fenske also was involved in phase I of the Challenge Leadership Program, commuter issues, freshmen orientation and also served as the source of our campus announcement e-mails. “I was there to serve the students to the best of my abilities and went home very tired every night.” WCTC has given Fenske the opportunity she has been looking for to “grow professionally.” As Student Life Coordinator, she will oversee student organizations but she will also hear conduct cases, work on many campus committees and work on a wide variety of campus-wide events. Assistant Dean of Students, Patrick Peyer said about Fenske, “She has an amazing opportunity. We talked about it and decided together that she got this opportunity and it would be hard for
Photo by Jill Ridenour
New Director of Student Activities Patrick Peyer takes the reins from former Director Susanne Fenske this semester.
her to pass that up.” Peyer will be taking over all of Fenske’s responsibilities for the remainder of second semester. “Susanne is a big loss for us, she was a great part of the student life office team. She was very committed.” As far as the position goes, Peyer stated, “The position has been posted, and we’re taking applications now.” Peyer expects the duties of director to be his responsibilities for much of the remainder of second semester and predicts the position to be filled “fairly late in the semester, late April maybe, depending on the number of and quality of the applications received.” Peyer served as Student Activities Director prior to hiring Fenske, from 1996 until October of 2000. Peyer admits that he is going to be super busy this semester but said that Fenske was “extremely organized, she had second semester planned out as far as activities and he will be stepping in with week to week needs and budget requests that come with new ideas.” He is also utilizing work-
study students that worked under Fenske. Talia Proffitt and Jamie Stoegbauer both he said, “worked for Susanne and have a good understanding of what she was working on.” Proffitt complimented Peyer on his “excellent job at filling Susanne’s role temporarily” and stated, “It was very sad to have Susanne leave Carroll because she was excellent at her job … she was an inspiration to many student leaders …” Proffitt, too, has no worries for the student organizations now that Fenske is gone, again stating, “she was so organized and detailed that it’s easy to pick up where she left off.” Peyer is looking forward to more interaction with the student body, the kind of interaction he had when the responsibilities of Fenske were his own. “I am looking forward to more of the student traffic. I’ll get to know students that I haven’t really gotten to know yet.” Fenske is already busy with responsibilities at WCTC but said that “Carroll is a great institution and one I will always remember with fondness and one where I got a great start to my career.”