Academic Librarians and Labor Unions: Attitudes and Experiences

Authors

• Ian McCulloughFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2018

Abstract

This research project investigates librarians’ attitudes toward unions and collective bargaining through data collected from a nationwide survey of 359 academic librarians in the United States. We found that academic librarians have a generally positive view of unions and collective bargaining agreements, a notable result in a national political atmosphere that is demonstrably anti-union. Union membership is strongly bound to faculty status. Our research results imply that unionization and collective bargaining provide stronger job protections and higher wages than faculty status alone, and suggest that discussions of faculty status in academic libraries may not have provided best possible way to enhance the status of our profession.

Publication Title

portal: Libraries and the Academy

Volume

18

Issue

4

First Page

805

Last Page

829

Required Publisher's Statement

This article is copyrighted by Johns Hopkins University journal "portal: Libraries and the Academy". Original found here: https://preprint.press.jhu.edu/portal/sites/ajm/files/Mills.pdf

Comments

This version is a peer-reviewed, copy-edited, and accepted for publication post-print.

Recommended Citation

McCullough, Ian, "Academic Librarians and Labor Unions: Attitudes and Experiences" (2018). Research, Publications, and Presentations. 26.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/libresearch_ideas/26