KUCI Subversity: University of California Salary Cuts; Disciplining Academic Labor

In the first half hour, we address the University of California's proposal to impose as high as an 8% pay cut on UC employees. We talk with union leader Bob Samuels, who has been the president of UC-AFT, the union representing lecturers and librarians at the University of Calfiornia system. The University would have to get the UC-AFT's consent to impose the pay cut on them. On the second half of the show, we re-air portions of our November 2005 interview with Jeffrey Schmidt, the author of "Disciplined Minds," a critique of how academic and other salaried professional labor is "disciplined", with universities and other employers eager to serve idelological (corporate or government) interests. Show host: Daniel C. Tsang