FAQs:
TO THOSE FACULTY WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE SIDELINES: WE URGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. DONATE ONE HOUR A WEEK TO THE UNION. WRITE LETTERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO PRESIDENT MAZEY, TO THE NEWSPAPER, AND TO ANYONE ELSE WHO'LL LISTEN, AND LET THEM KNOW WE WILL DEFEND THIS UNIVERSITY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Q. WHO ARE YOU?
A. WE ARE YOU -- YOUR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND TEACHERS. WE ARE TENURED, TENURE-TRACK, AND NTTF. WE ARE MALE AND FEMALE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES, AND WE HAVE JUST ARRIVED. WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENCES, BUT WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE BGSU COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ALARMED AT THE DIRECTION THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TAKING US, AND WE ARE FURIOUS AT THE GAMES, STALLING, AND DIRTY TRICKS THEY HAVE USED TO THWART COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. WE HAVE BEEN POLITE AND WE HAVE BEEN PATIENT, AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE HIGH ROAD AND WE HAVE HAD INTEGRITY, AND WE ARE DONE WAITING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE SAME.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE HAD IT.
Q. IS THIS THE UNION?
A. NO, WE ARE NOT THE UNION. WHILE THE UNION IS OUR ALLY, WE DO NOT SPEAK FOR THEM AND THEY DO NOT SPEAK FOR US. THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL OF US TO SHARE OUR VIEWS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. WE WILL USE THIS WEBPAGE TO NOTIFY OUR FOLLOWERS OF UPCOMING UNION EVENTS, AND TO SHARE OUR OWN VIEWS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Q. WHY ARE YOU ANONYMOUS?
A. INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM IS ENDANGERED AT THIS UNIVERSITY. WE SPEAK WITH UNSUGARED TONGUES, AND SO WE USE ANONYMITY AS OUR SHIELD. GIVEN THE POWERS WIELDED AGAINST US, WE SEE NO REASON NOT TO DO SO. IN THE END, IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO WE ARE -- OUR IDEAS ARE EITHER CORRECT OR INCORRECT, REGARDLESS OF WHO SPEAKS THEM. OUR SPEECH PREVENTS NO ONE ELSE'S SPEECH. IF YOU DO NOT ENJOY OUR BODACIOUS STYLE, GO GET YOUR OWN BLOG AND GIVE US YOUR TAKE ON WHAT'S GOING ON. WE NEED TO HEAR MORE VOICES, NOT FEWER.
Q. IS THIS JUST A GAME TO YOU? WHY IS YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE SO SILLY?
A. WE COULD ALL USE A BIT OF SILLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WINTER IS COMING. BUT THIS IS NOT A GAME TO ANY OF US WHO ARE FIGHTING THE ADMINISTRATION.
Q. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?
A. WE HAVE ONE GOAL: TO HELP GET OUT THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING WITH UNIONIZATION AT BGSU. THE MAIN GROUP MAN-SPLAINING THIS TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALUMNI, AND THE PUBLIC IS THE ADMINISTRATION. THE FOX GUARDS THE AIRWAVES AS WELL AS THE HENHOUSE, AND WE DON'T CARE FOR PRESIDENT MAZEY'S TRUTHINESS. TO THOSE FACULTY WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE SIDELINES: WE URGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. DONATE ONE HOUR A WEEK TO THE UNION. WRITE LETTERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO PRESIDENT MAZEY, TO THE NEWSPAPER, AND TO ANYONE ELSE WHO'LL LISTEN, AND LET THEM KNOW WE WILL DEFEND THIS UNIVERSITY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ARE YOU WITH US? THEN FIGHT!
(AND THEN DANCE)
