Description: Tells the story of the nation's largest higher education union from its earliest years to its role today as a powerful organization promoting the interests of faculty, staff, and the entire SUNY community.
Brief description: William E. Scheuerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego. Prior to retiring as President of the National Labor College, he served as President of the United University Professions, the faculty and staff union at SUNY. He is currently Treasurer of the American Labor Studies Center. Scheuerman has authored several books, including United University Professions: Pioneering in Higher Education Unionism (with Nuala McGann Drescher and Ivan D. Steen), also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"...a seminal book in labor history ... The coauthors' insights are especially credible given their respective roles as long-standing professors in the State University of New York system and as prominent union leaders of the UUP. Moreover, historiography provides little treatment of the union movement in higher education. The coauthors had exhaustive primary sources at their disposal, which they fully utilized to craft an extremely comprehensive history of the formation, growth, and maturation of UUP." - New York History
"...a well-written, detailed account of how the union developed and its impact as an advocate for SUNY, its professional staff, and its students. It will be useful to those interested in unionization and the history of higher education." - CHOICE
"This is a major contribution to our understanding of unions." - Stan Luger, author of Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry
"This book should interest, and be required reading for, anyone concerned about public higher education in the United States." - Brian Waddell, coauthor of What American Government Does