Working effectively with faculty. Our lack of effective input is often most true on issues within our home departments. The OAA Mission Statement cited above says very little of substance. Our subgroups make no sense as there are defined now. I think we are the weakest employment group on campus.
Classified staff has a union.
Instructional faculty have the senate, tenure, and the clout afforded to them in the university pecking order. We have nothing. This weakens us in terms of getting raises and protecting job security. Rolling management service into our ranks simply watered us down and made us more disconnected. Even the fact that we can call ourselves faculty is a joke.