tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post2534907014713618384..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: (Dis)Loyalty: Take TwoRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-5714553775353191472010-06-29T18:19:20.996-04:002010-06-29T18:19:20.996-04:00My response has just been posted on the UVenus blo...My response has just been posted on the UVenus blog at: http://uvenus.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/loyalty-or-desperation/<br /><br />Before I had even read your blog posts on the subject of loyalty, I had a twitter rant about how I didn't owe my loyalty to any institution that treated me as a low-cost commodity. I want to change the university for the better, but at one point, I think that you have to stand up for yourself and vote with your feet. <br /><br />I ask, is it loyalty for many part-time, contingent faculty, or desperation?Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-10448983053441828452010-06-25T16:03:50.883-04:002010-06-25T16:03:50.883-04:00And hey -- profs at our wonderful alma mater have ...And hey -- profs at our wonderful alma mater have filed charges against RU for freezing faculty pay:<br /><br /> June 25, 2010, 03:21 PM ET<br />Employee Unions File Complaints Over Pay Freeze at Rutgers U.<br /><br />Employee unions at Rutgers University have banded together to file charges against the public institution for its decision to freeze employee pay to save money. The charges, filed with the New Jersey Public Employees Relations Commission, stem from the university's announcement this month that it would not give employees scheduled pay raises. Faculty members were scheduled to get a 2.75-percent raise on July 1. A hearing before the commission on the issue is slated for July 7.<br />http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Employee-Unions-File/25107/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en<br /><br />Would love to see some resistance at Queer the Turtle U. Even the Republican candidate for governor says he's against furloughs and that they don't save much $$$.<br /><br />Wake up Dems, before it's too late!<br />--GooseGoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-64106306366892160292010-06-24T13:30:08.295-04:002010-06-24T13:30:08.295-04:00Down with the man, man!Down with the man, man!Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com