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Renewal in the United Faculty of Florida: Class War in Paradise?
- Labor Studies Journal
- West Virginia University Press
- Volume 31, Number 3, Fall 2006
- pp. 39-64
- 10.1353/lab.2006.0037
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This paper reviews faculty union developments in Florida public universities during 2000-2005, a tumultuous period in which the statewide university governance board was abolished and governance was devolved to university-level boards. The Jeb Bush Administration used devolution to eliminate bargaining for thousands of faculty at eleven universities. Using a case study format and participant-observer perspective, we emphasize the perspective of key constituents from Florida State University. A union renewal lens examines various union renewal meanings and controversies over the "organizing model" and "servicing model."