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- From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: Teachers Union Passes Resolution on Bargaining Rights of Univ. Staff
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- Here is a press release from the American Federation of Teachers.
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- Teachers Union Passes Resolution on Bargaining Rights of University
- of Wisconsin Staff
- To: National Desk, Wisconsin Correspondent
- Contact: Gloria Toivola or Chris Bartolemeo of the American
- Federation of Teachers, 412-281-7160
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- PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Federation of
- Teachers passed a resolution at their convention here today calling
- for federal legislation that would extend full collective bargaining
- rights to all state and local government employees, including faculty
- and academic staff in state university systems.
- Gloria Toivola, president of the Association of the University of
- Wisconsin Professionals, said the resolution was "a welcome voice for
- fair and decent working conditions for state university employees."
- "Faculty and academic staff in state universities lack the most
- basic say in their salaries, benefits and working conditions," said
- Toivola. "The legislation this resolution calls for would give these
- professionals the same bargaining rights that K-12 teachers already
- enjoy."
- Toivola also applauded Democratic presidential candidate Bill
- Clinton's call for a long-term national investment in education in
- his speech to more than 3,000 AFT delegates on Aug. 12. Clinton
- advocated a federal student loan program that would allow all
- students to go to college, repaying the loans through either future
- income or national service such as teaching or nursing.
- "Gov. Clinton understands that we must give students something to
- hope for, something to make hard work in grade school and high school
- worthwhile," said Toivola.
- Ray Spoto, vice president of the Association of University of
- Wisconsin Professionals, said, "Bill Clinton wants grassroots reform.
- He's invested in higher education in Arkansas, making it one of the
- top five states for investment in higher education over the past 10
- years. He knows how to listen to the people on the frontlines, the
- people in the classroom. We heartily concur with AFT's endorsement
- of Clinton for president."
- The AFT represents 790,000 teachers, higher education faculty and
- staff, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, nurses and
- health care workers, state and municipal employees.
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