"one sentence in particular is especially relevant to the coming inevitable struggles between precarious academic laborers and administrators. "Labor disputes," the board notes simply, "are a fact of economic life." Such an unequivocal statement about the academy as a place of labor is a surprising and rare admission; far more common are descriptors of academic work as a "labor of love," "an intellectual pursuit," and "a life of the mind." Unlike many academics, the NLRB decision refuses to romanticize academe...
It would mean approaching things like health insurance, dental care, and family leave as benefits that should be available to all employees rather than as benevolent gifts that the administration can give or take away depending on the political climate."
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