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Free Press
Lucy Duhon, UT-AAUP Executive Board
The UT-AAUP offers without comment the following article published in the Toledo Free Press on May 19, 2011. A link to the full article is below. We have also provided video from the press conference referred to in this article below.
Unions protest UT job cuts, question expenses
Written by Jason Mack | | jmack@toledofreepress.com
Three staff and faculty unions at the University of Toledo protested job cuts at UT with a press conference May 17. Mark Sherry, associate professor of sociology and AFL-CIO delegate, led the press conference along with representatives from the UT-AAUP, AFSCME Local 2415 and CWA Local 4319.
"We are making this statement because we love our students and we care about our university," Sherry said. "We will not allow this administration to destroy it. We are sick and tired of hearing of management bonuses accompanying employee layoffs. We are sick of feeling scared about job security while management remains unaccountable for lavish expenses. The only reason tuition is going up and layoffs are occurring is because we have an inept and incompetent administration."
UT President Lloyd Jacobs announced in April plans to lay off dozens of nonfaculty employees and raise tuition as the university faces cuts of approximately $20 million per year in state funding.
One of the employees being laid off spoke out at the protest. Former administrative secretary Carolyn Schlievert ended her career May 20 after 27 years at UT.
"I would have been proud to put in 30 or more years of service and end my career with thoughtful reflections of the past while anticipating a comfortable retirement," Schlievert said. "However, with a daughter still in high school and bills to pay, these comforting thoughts have been replaced with stress and anxiety. One thing is for sure, there is not time for me to dedicate 30 years of service elsewhere."
Schlievert said she is looking toward the future and supports fellow laid-off employees in the same situation.
"Those of us losing our jobs are not numbers on a piece of paper," Schlievert said. "We are real people, dedicated men and women with real-life issues who are trying to pick up the pieces and move on to the next phase of our lives with as much dignity as possible."...
Link to the full article
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