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Collective bargaining conflicts with professional attitudes and practices, N. W. Dougherty (left) of University of Tennessee says during a panel discussion on unionization of engineers. E. L. Chandler, secretary of American Society of Civil Engineers, was also on the panel, which featured the general assembly of Engineers Joint Council
W h a t About Unions? Collective bargaining for professional engineers opposed b y 7 2 % of members polled from three societies N E W YORK.—The question of union izing professional people recurs again a n d again. Several years ago a survey of members of the A M E M C \ N C H E M I -
CAL SOCIETY showed that 73% were unqualifiedly opposed to unionization of professional workers. N o w a surv e y of Engineers Joint Council's committee on employment conditions comes u p with strikingly similar results: 72% of those polled oppose collective bargaining for professional engineers. About 66*^ believe that collective bargaining is incompatible with professional status. The survey—announced at t h e EJC general assembly—was made of members of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Of the 112,2 2 5 members to whom questionnaires were mailed, 64,206 or 57% responded. Of the 64,206, only 3.7% are members of an established collective bargaining unit, whether or not certified b y the National Labor Relations Board and/or a labor union. About 27% indicated they w e r e not opposed to collective bargaining, about 209
