Union Busting Time?

Terry Hickey would like to break the faculty union at UCF, and he might have an opportunity to do it with his disciplinary decision towards the odious Ken Adams. A university panel has recommended that Adams be disciplined, but not fired, for keeping sexually explicit pictures on his computer, creating a hostile work environment (i.e., other UCF employees were able to see the pictures), and yelling at UCF employees in a demeaning and physically threatening manner.

Recently, disciplinary action has been a point of contention between the faculty union and the administration. Hickey could decide to fire Adams even though Adams is a tenured professor. Tenure is critical for academic freedom from the administration (especially this UCF administration), but to have to defend the principle in the case of Ken Adams is not going to be an easy road. Whatever happens, I hope Hickey ensures that the victims in this case never have to work with Adams again.