T Assignment Description: Write one or more paragraphs on the issue of whether or not tenured university professors ought to unionize. Your essay should make reference to at least three of the five following articles (available on Moodle under Week One Resources) provided. You may also reference the open letter from Roger Martin, Premier's Chair in Competitiveness and Productivity at Rotman, to U of T President Meric Gertler (this will be available under Week One Resources as well on Moodle); if you use Gertler's letter, it should be referenced in addition to the three articles you have chosen. . "U of T Faculty Consider Option to Unionize," by Caroline Alphonso http://www.theglobeandmail.comews/toronto/u-of-t-faculty-consider-option-to- unionize/article18073270/ o See also Open Letter from Roger Martin to U of T President Meric Gertler { under Week One Resources on Moodle) "What Faculty Unions Do," by Cary Nelson http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2489#.U3aw7C9r3vs . "Striking professors are blinded by greed: Students and taxpayers pay faculty well enough already," by Josh Dehaas http://www.macleans.ca/education/university/striking-professors-are-blinded-by-greed/ "Why unions hurt higher education," by Naomi Schaefer Riley http://usatoday30.usatoday.comews/opinion/forum/2011-03-03-column03 ST N.htm . "Faculty, Unions and the Future of American Higher Education," by John T. Delaney http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-t-delaney/faculty-unions-and-the-fu_b_4646680.html