NEXT CTA ENTMOOT: TUESDAY, NOV. 14, 4 PM

Just a reminder. Tomorrow at 4 PM, we have a CTA meeting to discuss: a) whether the place a part-timer on our Exec Board; b) issues and approaches to negotiation issues involving non-teaching faculty; c) issues and approaches involving salary and compensation.

The point is to support our negotiators, to get a general sense of the issues, and to map out a range of possible approaches to getting as equitable a deal as possible.

I also wanted to announce that Ray Barney will be here for our follow-up meeting on Nov. 28 (likely to be our last meeting of the semester), specifically to workshop bargaining methodologies after we meet. Please plan on being there: Ray does a great teaching job, as many of you already know.

Here are three quotes to consider, with regard to negotiations:

“All politics are local,” –Tip O’Neill

“Politics is the art of the possible,”—Winton Churchill

“Politics, teaching, and psychoanalysis are the three impossible professions,”—Sigmund Freud

See you tomorrow!
R.M. Robertson