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KSU United Faculty Professional Association records
Special Collections and Archives
KSU United Faculty Professional Association records
Special Collections and Archives
KSU United Faculty Professional Association records
- Repository: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
- Title: Kent State University United Faculty Professional Association records
- Inclusive Date(s): 1972-1987
- Author: Finding aid prepared by Kristin Silvestro, October 2023
- Creation: Finding aid encoded by Kristin Silvestro using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2023
- Origination: Kent State University. United Faculty Professional Association
- Extent: 0.83 cubic feet (2 boxes = 1 half size record storage box and 1 legal document case)
- Physical Location: 10th floor
- Finding Aid Identifier: OhKeUSC0225
- Abstract: This collection, compiled by the Special Collections and Archives, contains materials related to the creation of the United Faculty Professional Association (UFPA), the role of the UFPA in collective bargaining negotiations with the University, and information on the relationship of the UFPA to the Kent State chapter of the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) and the local OEA (Ohio Education Association) chapter. There are organizational records for the UFPA, collective bargaining agreements and agreement modifications, correspondence files, and general reports. The UFPA continues today as the University's chapter of the AAUP.
- Language(s): The records are in English
History of United Faculty Professional Association
The United Faculty Professional Association (UFPA) was created in 1975 when the Ohio Education Association (OEA) [also known as the Kent State Faculty Association] and the Kent State chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) merged. The two-fold purpose of the merger was to help win the right to collective bargaining at Kent State and to be the agent that would represent the faculty in negotiations with the university.
The first major challenge that the UFPA faced was the official collective bargaining election. The UFPA led the campaign to defeat the "no agent" option. By winning this vote, Kent State became one of the earliest public institutions in Ohio to endorse collective bargaining. After defeating the "no agent" bid, the UFPA took on the responsibility of representing the faculty in negotiations with the administration and Board of Trustees. The board recognized the right to collective bargaining in 1976, but progress was slow. It would not be until September 16, 1978 that all parties would accept and officially sign the first Collective Bargaining Agreement. This original agreement formed the basis for future negotiations and agreement modifications between the union and the university. At its inception in 1975, the UFPA members continued to pay dues to both the AAUP and OEA; however, the dual dues arrangement became less tenable overtime. To address the issue, the UFPA held a referendum in 1978-1979 to decide how to move forward. The result of the vote led the UFPA to disaffiliate from the OEA in 1979. This disaffiliation made the UFPA essentially an AAUP chapter, but it would continue under the name United Faculty Professional Association until 1987.
Additional information on the history of collective bargaining at the university can be found in the article "The History of the Tenure Track Unit: A Brief History of Collective Bargaining at Kent State University" by Ken Calkins, Emeritus, on the website of the Kent State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
Scope and Content
The Kent State University United Faculty Professional Association records includes articles, brochures, collective bargaining documents, correspondence, flyers, foundational documents, forms, handbooks, minutes, newsletters, papers, speeches, and reports.
Statement of Arrangement
The Kent State University United Faculty Professional Association records is divided into series as follows:
- Series 1: Organizational Records
- Series 2: Collective Bargaining Documents
- Series 3: Correspondence
- Series 4: Reports
Related Material
Further information concerning collective bargaining at Kent State University can be found in the American Association of University Professors, Kent State University Chapter records.
Preferred Citation
Kent State University. United Faculty Professional Association records. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Acquisition Information
This collection was compiled by the Special Collections and Archives at Kent State University from a number of acquisitions and donations, many of which lacked specific acquisition and provenance documentation.
Controlled Access Headings
The following are found in this collection:
- Subjects:
- Kent State University. United Faculty Professional Association -- Archives
- American Association of University Professors. Kent State University Chapter -- Archives
- Kent State University -- Faculty -- Labor unions -- History -- 20th century
- College teachers' unions -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- Collective bargaining -- College teachers -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- Collective labor agreements -- Government employees -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- College teachers -- Salaries, etc. -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- Organizations/Corporations:
- American Association of University Professors. Kent State University Chapter
- Functions:
- Collective bargaining
- College teachers' unions -- Organizing
- Places:
- Kent (Ohio)
- Occupations:
- College teachers
- Material Types:
- Publications (Documents)
- Brochures
- Records (Documents)
- Correspondence
- Business correspondence
- Fliers (Ephemera)
- Handbooks and manuals
- Minutes (Records)
- Newsletters
- Speeches
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Organizational Records, 1972-1987, undated
- Box 1 / Folder 1
- Articles, 1972-1976
- Box 1 / Folder 2
- Brochures, 1975, 1984
- Box 1 / Folder 3
- Constitution, 1975, 1980, undated
- Box 1 / Folder 4
- Flyers, undated
- Box 1 / Folder 5
- Flyers, 1976-1983, 1987
- Box 1 / Folder 6
- Forms, 1983, undated
- Box 1 / Folder 7
- Handbook, 1981
- Box 1 / Folder 8
- Kent State University Faculty Association, 1975
- Scope and Content
- This folder contains communications from the Kent State University Faculty Association (OEA) to its membership in 1975 prior to the UFPA's formation. The communications provide background and context for why the OEA and AAUP would form the UFPA and why they wanted to work to establish collective bargaining at Kent State.
- Box 1 / Folder 9
- Minutes, 1975, 1978, 1979
- Box 1 / Folder 10
- Newsletters: "Bargaining Bulletin", 1976-1979
- Box 1 / Folder 11
- Newsletters: "Bargaining Bulletin", 1981-1985, 1987
- Box 1 / Folder 12
- Newsletters: "The Forum", 1975-1977
- Box 1 / Folder 13
- Newsletters: "The Forum", 1978-1979
- Box 1 / Folder 14
- Newsletters: "The Forum", 1980-1986
- Box 1 / Folder 15
- Newsletters: "Inter Action", 1984-1985
- Box 1 / Folder 16
- Newsletters: "Newsletter", 1975, 1980-1983, 1987
- Box 1 / Folder 17
- Opinion Papers: Organizational Affiliations Issues, 1978-1979
- Box 1 / Folder 18
- Speech: Professor Marvin Kaplan UFPA Chief Negotiator Address to the Faculty, May 5, 1981
Series 2: Collective Bargaining Documents, 1976-1984
- Box 2 / Folder 1
- Board of Trustee Resolution on Collective Bargaining, May 12, 1977
- Box 2 / Folder 2
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal, July 1, 1976
- Box 2 / Folder 3
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal, July 1, 1976
- Box 2 / Folder 4
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal, October 22, 1976
- Box 2 / Folder 5
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal Comparison, December 6, 1976
- Box 2 / Folder 6
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal Comparison, February 15, 1978
- Box 2 / Folder 7
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Proposal and Final, September 1978
- Box 2 / Folder 8
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Modification and Extension, September 16, 1979
- Box 2 / Folder 9
- Collective Bargaining Agreement: Modification and Extension, 1984
- Box 2 / Folder 10
- Memorandum of Understanding on Collective Bargaining and Interim University Operations, May 1977
Series 3: Correspondence, 1975-1987, undated
- Box 2 / Folder 11
- Correspondence, undated
- Box 2 / Folder 12
- Correspondence, 1975
- Box 2 / Folder 13
- Correspondence, 1976
- Box 2 / Folder 14
- Correspondence, 1977
- Box 2 / Folder 15
- Correspondence, 1978
- Box 2 / Folder 16
- Correspondence, 1979
- Box 2 / Folder 17
- Correspondence, 1980
- Box 2 / Folder 18
- Correspondence, 1981
- Box 2 / Folder 19
- Correspondence, 1983
- Box 2 / Folder 20
- Correspondence, 1984
- Box 2 / Folder 21
- Correspondence, 1985
- Box 2 / Folder 22
- Correspondence, 1987
Series 4: Reports, 1975-1987
- Box 2 / Folder 23
- Report: Analysis of Merit Money 1986-1987, 1987?
- Box 2 / Folder 24
- Report: Financial Report, November 5, 1986
- Box 2 / Folder 25
- Report: Grievance Report, circa 1979
- Box 2 / Folder 26
- Report: Salary Study, 1975-1976
- Box 2 / Folder 27
- Report: Salary Study, 1976-1977
- Box 2 / Folder 28
- Report: Salary Study, 1984
