Florida’s government continues to crack down on higher education, and the new focus is on faculty unions. State government has requested details from Florida universities on their negotiations with large unions, and more specifically, the money spent on collective bargaining. Andrew Gothard, president of faculty labor union United Faculty of Florida, says that government has… Read more »
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