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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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October 5, 2008
Classes to Resume After 17-Day Strike at Canada's U. of Windsor
Faculty members and librarians at the University of Windsor, in Ontario, voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to accept a new three-year contract. Classes will resume on Monday, according to a university statement. The university canceled classes for 16,000 students after more than 1,000 professors and librarians went on strike on September 17. The semester will be lengthened and the university has canceled the midterm break so coursework can be completed.
Over the three years of the new contract, professors and librarians will get a 9-percent increase, according to The Windsor Star, a local newspaper. Part-time lecturers will get a 20-percent raise over that period. —Karen Birchard
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At nine percent over three years, they didn’t get much for their efforts.
— Mervyn Emrys Oct 6, 09:32 AM #
getting paid more for refusing to work. how ironic
— matt Oct 6, 10:26 AM #