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In reply to the discussion: Oh, good. DU likes unions again. Let's talk about solidarity. [View all]mike_c
(36,281 posts)...(California Faculty Assn, SEIU 1983), and I certainly stand with them. I'm not entirely sure what point your OP seeks to make, but I'll relate what seems to be going on among other CFA activists that I interact with. Generally speaking, the CFA is politically aligned with democratic party leaders in California. We don't generally involve ourselves in national elections-- there are too many issues of importance to higher ed right here in California-- but the discussion I hear among fellow activists is generally critical of the current democratic administration-- the Obama administration-- and its education policies.
It would certainly be premature, and probably a mistake, to suggest that CFA leadership doesn't support Obama generally, but there IS a great deal of disappointment and disillusionment among our activists, many of whom worked very hard to support Obama in 2008.
That said, it's a union of academics, LOL, so while we have solidarity regarding CONTRACT and WORK issues, for the most part, this is NEVER a group that will agree on politics except that we're all far more liberal than the norm I see represented in the U.S. media.
Not sure whether this fits in with your thread or not. Forgive me if it doesn't.