). Both were targeted because the president and a number of trustees disagreed with their politics.
Right-wing legislators and funders claim these policies are about elevating excluded voices, a sort of affirmative action for conservatives. In practice, these snowflakes already dominate economics departments and business schools, and now they’re seeking funding for safe spaces to enforce their reactionary views. These people don’t want a diversity of viewpoints; they want exclusive control.
Doing this kind of work requires building a broad coalition involving faculty , staff, other campus workers, students and the broader community: all those who make the university function on a day-to-day basis. It is also essential that workers organize to strengthen their unions.
Of course, cops, firefighters and corrections officers’ unions are exempt from the law. SB 266 is clear retaliation for the fact that public-sector unions tend to contribute financially to Democratic campaigns, and the few GOP-leaning unions are immune from the decertification threat.