Member Response To The Administration’s Wage Cut Proposal
Executive SummaryMember responses vary, but with recurring themes. Many members are interested/willing to take some sort of a pay cut if it saves faculty jobs.Many members want oversight over any recouped wages to ensure they go towards supporting the central mission of the university (and not, for instance, new contracts with third-party vendors). Members believe that the proposed starting of cuts at 40K is too low and capping the progressive structure at 200K is also too low. Many members are upset that the administration is using the contracts of the 211 faculty up for renewals as leverage to force an agreement with…