tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post1847380824887865671..comments2023-08-15T07:31:26.984-05:00Comments on FreeU: FSN Petition Drive: Confidentiality of "Cards and Petitions"testing05401http://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-65534697590182752572011-11-01T10:20:32.424-05:002011-11-01T10:20:32.424-05:00I think this would help:
http://www.nrtw.org/d/de...I think this would help:<br /><br />http://www.nrtw.org/d/deauth_decert_laws.htm<br /><br />I don't think the IELRB allows deauthorization (as the above notes and they have every incentive to wish that Illinois DID have deauthorization). So FSN has to take the union, rival union, or no union route.testing05401https://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-33619809229918876322011-11-01T00:37:31.837-05:002011-11-01T00:37:31.837-05:00Hey, can this thing be legal? Aren't they tryi...Hey, can this thing be legal? Aren't they trying to replace a union with a non-union? I can see why someone might want to chuck the FA, but the Faculty Senate--whose operating paper is subject to administration approval--can't very well act as a union, can it? Don't we have to decide whether we want a union or not--an outfit that can strike, which is completely independent from the employer and supported by employee dues, rather than being represented by a body supported by that employer? Surely what they should be proposing is a straight decertification vote followed by (or coordinated with) a campaign to beef up the powers of the faculty senate? And if we chuck the FA, we don't need to follow all the IELRB rules and regs any more (nor does the administration), and we can try the sorts of shared governance techniques the FSN advise. As it stands, though, this proposal seems utterly confused. Hey, Bean, inquiring minds want to know!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-51471909652366321902011-10-31T20:34:52.927-05:002011-10-31T20:34:52.927-05:00Thanks, paranoid. I did link the IELRB act in a hy...Thanks, paranoid. I did link the IELRB act in a hyperlink. The ONLY issue I raised in this blog is what does the law say on CONFIDENTIALITY of said petition cards. The IELRB says a lot about many things (including the windows, as you note) but I'm not going beyond the confidentiality issue because people kept asking about it. And also about how petition cards were treated to CERTIFY the union. After all, a lot of folks weren't here back in 1996. Heck, Google was a glimmer in the eye. . . LOLtesting05401https://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-24620589329881969942011-10-31T19:04:54.839-05:002011-10-31T19:04:54.839-05:00You mentioned IELRB, but said that it was silent. ...You mentioned IELRB, but said that it was silent. There's something buried in their rules about six months for a showing of interest. Because the FSN is seeking alternative representation, this shorter window may apply to them.paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-59938743252858739472011-10-31T19:00:25.048-05:002011-10-31T19:00:25.048-05:00As educational employees, our laws rules aren'...As educational employees, our laws rules aren't exactly the same as Illinois Labor Relations Board law. We get our own special laws. See the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board for our rules.<br /><br />http://www2.illinois.gov/elrb/Pages/acts.aspx<br /><br />Doesn't that make you feel special?paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.com