Originally Posted by
Baselinepunk
"From OU News:
"The university is working with a state appointed mediator who offered the faculty an option to continue teaching while negotiations proceed. The faculty rejected that option and chose to strike."
This is one beef I have with the professors, they would rather not do their jobs than teach, what they are here to do. I know my professors will hear a mouthful, and not just from me, when classes resume."
I would caution you on that recourse. I have no doubt that instructors would rather be in the classroom than on the picket line. However, it is a common tactic of Administration to use the mediator process as a means to get the instructors in the classroom during dragging out negotiations. It happens at the local school district level as well.
The blame is on Administration, not the Professors.