Journal Facts

Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
29
Issue
3
Date
9/1/2000

Article Facts

Title
Negotiating Technology: Support Personnel in Higher Education
DOI
10.2190/8CP3-TXBC-M37N-31CU
Author
Gary Rhoades and Christine Maitland
Pages
207-219
Online Date
05/09/2002

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Negotiating Technology: Support Personnel in Higher Education

Gary Rhoades and Christine Maitland

DOI: 10.2190/8CP3-TXBC-M37N-31CU

Abstract

This article examines 186 collective bargaining agreements for educational support personnel in colleges and universities. The analytical focus is on issues surrounding technology. We examined provisions regarding work-place conditions, workforce protection, workplace change, and work product ownership. For each type of provision we explored the extent to which: there are provisions; provisions speak to the workforce as well as to current bargaining unit members; and provisions afford employees a measure of involvement in the issues at hand. We found relatively limited provisions, with well less than half of the contracts having provisions regarding the four issues surrounding technology. At the same time, we found some useful examples of contractual language that speaks in important ways to emerging issues that should be negotiated by educational support personnel units.

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