Abstract
Collective bargaining grievance procedures are presented as an area in which speech communication faculty can apply disciplinary training in argumentation, persuasion, audience analysis, rhetorical analysis, small group communication, and nonverbal communication. The article explains how these skills support grievance work from the initial assessment of a complaint through informal settlement discussions, campus-level meetings, system-level appeals, and binding arbitration. Using the State University System of Florida as an example, it describes faculty grievance processing under a collective bargaining agreement and emphasizes the importance of evidence, argument construction, settlement language, audience adaptation, and communication with both administrators and grievants. The article also notes that grievance representatives must often address multiple audiences, including individual faculty members, administrative representatives, arbitrators, and the broader faculty. Grievance processing is framed as a practical service role through which speech communication faculty can contribute to faculty governance and institutional labor relations.
Recommended Citation
Young, Marilyn J.
(1984)
"Opportunities for Speech Communication Faculty Under Collective Bargaining: Grievance Processing,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 50, Article 17.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol50/iss1/17
