Higher Ed Unions Marginalize Jewish Faculty, Grad Students, Need Stronger University Response, Report Finds

Higher Ed Unions Marginalize Jewish Faculty, Grad Students, Need Stronger University Response, Report Finds

Anti-Israel demonstrators protest outside the main campus of Columbia University during the Columbia commencement ceremony in Manhattan, in New York …

ADL-AEN report details higher ed unions being hijacked by anti-Israel activists

Dysfunctional union governance is leaving some Jewish faculty and graduate students marginalized and unrepresented by the labor organizations meant to advocate for them, a report released Wednesday by the Academic Engagement Network and the Anti-Defamation League documents. The report, A Crisis of Representation: Antisemitism and Inclusion in Higher Education Unions, highlights how activist factions have used low-turnout union elections to push …

ADL, AEN, question academic unions’ ability to fairly represent their Jewish members

“When Jewish faculty and graduate students feel they must remain silent, disengage, or conceal aspects of their identity in order to participate, unions risk undermining the solidarity and equal representation at the heart of their mission..."