US academic librarians: their involvement in union activities
Abstract
This study was conducted to learn about the involvement of US academic librarians in local as well as national faculty union activities; their reasons for joining unions; and the benefits they have gained because of their memberships in their unions. It was concluded that librarians who were members of unions generally earned higher salaries than those who were not. Since librarians had on several occasions worked closely with the teaching faculty on various union activities, several close bonds and relationships among them had occurred. Moreover, librarians viewed union membership as a vehicle to become more involved in decision‐making processes at their institutions.
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Citation
Garcha, R. and Phillips, J.C. (2001), "US academic librarians: their involvement in union activities", Library Review, Vol. 50 No. 3, pp. 122-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530110386825
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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