[Fomite]

Or perhaps recognize that "left leaning" is not a monolithically held block of universal ideas.

[sjg007]

In some sense though most academic departments that study labor movements would probably argue that unions are a good thing. So that is why it seems hypocritical.

[Fomite]

You've now gone from "Something the provost said" to the stance of most faculty in a single department.

One of these things is not like the others.