At 05:26 PM 4/25/2001 -0400, Julia Cronin wrote:
>Mary and Sharon are right. The support staff salaries are woefully low....
>The sad truth is, many of our support staff make below poverty level....
>It is difficult to see how our budget will be squeezed to deal with the
>legitimate needs of UTC and its employees....

Some reapportioning of the existing pie is necessary, but the real answer
is a larger pie for all of us -- both faculty and staff.  If we sit back
and do nothing, nothing will happen.  In order to apply EFFECTIVE pressure,
we all need to pull together.  We need to organize.  We need to UNIONIZE.

Leland Robinson
Professor of Sociology