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Faculty Unions: Prevailing Attitudes Among Low And High Membership Disciplines, Sarah J. Hammill, Kelley Rowan, Rebecca J. Bakker

Athenaeum: Scholarly Works of the FIU Libraries Faculty and Staff

This article explores the perceived benefits of union membership for academic librarians at a Florida public university and contrasts attitudes with the comparatively low union membership faculty at the business school. A survey conducted by librarians at Florida International University (FIU) focused on understanding why librarians joined their union at a higher rate (83% membership) than other disciplines and analyzed their feelings toward union effectiveness and relevance. Faculty in the business school were questioned about their reasons for abstaining from union membership in order to compare and contrast union attitudes. The aim of this study is twofold: to understand the …