UNC System Student Athletes Can Join State Employee Union!!!

[Omaha Steve]

I've been so busy the last 5 days that I missed this completely.


http://triadnc.twcnews.com/content/news/708041/unc-system-student-athletes-can-join-state-employee-union

RALEIGH — Student athletes at North Carolina's public universities can join the same union as state employees.

The State Employees Association of North Carolina's decision affects all schools in the UNC System, including ACC Powerhouses UNC and NC State.

The decision gives athletes the choice to join the union without a team vote, but it's unclear if the invitation extends beyond scholarship athletes.

- See more at: http://triadnc.twcnews.com/content/news/708041/unc-system-student-athletes-can-join-state-employee-union#sthash.EtUJkMtA.dpuf

FULL short story at link.

[Laelth]

1. k&r for labor. n/t

-Laelth

[Omaha Steve]

2. 17 CAMPUSES. ONE UNIVERSITY.

http://www.northcarolina.edu/

http://www.northcarolina.edu/sites/default/files/17_campuses_map_thumbnail

UNC includes all 16 of North Carolina’s public universities, as well as a residential high school for gifted students. With distinctive missions, our campuses deliver top-notch degree programs, carry out groundbreaking research and scholarship, and contribute to North Carolina’s economy and quality of life.

[Lee-Lee]

3. Very misleading title- it's not a real union.

Collective bargaining is banned by law for all state and local level municipal employees in NC. Has been since the 50's.

SEANC is affiliated with SEIU, but they have zero collective bargaining power for anyone.

Sad, and I've never forgiven the fact that as Democrats we could have changed that but we didn't have enough labor supporters to do it even when we had the Governors office and the legislature.

[Omaha Steve]

4. AFSCME in NC

So who does Local 77 represent?

Local 77
Officers: William McKnight, President
Address: 1823 Chapel Hill Road
Durham, NC 27707

And a retirees chapter too.

[Lee-Lee]

5. Looking at their website they represent employees at Duke, a private school

If Duke was a state school they couldn't.

Read here for some background on this shame:

http://uncsaw.wordpress.com/nc-collective-bargaining-ban/

[Omaha Steve]

6. Thanks for ALL the info

Why even bother to make this decision then?

[Lee-Lee]

7. I don't know. It's a statement at least

But in the end SEANC is just little more than a professional organization for state employees.

Granted, they are well positioned to bring all state employees into SEIU representation should we ever get this racist anti-union law repealed.

They have a PAC that is running good ads already for the Senate race and they do good work, but I can't call any body without collective bargaining authority a union. That's the same nonsense the repunks here do claiming the "teachers union" is to blame for the state of education here, when the NCAE is a strictly voluntary association with