>Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:15:26 -0500 (EST) >From: Jennifer C Berkshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Support Striking Workers at Yale >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >Dear progressive faculty member: >Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is collecting as many signatures as >possible for the following letter which will be presented to the Yale >Administration. If you would like to sign on, please send a short message >to [EMAIL PROTECTED] indicating your name, title, and your institution. >If you would like more information about how you can become a part of >JWJ's Academic Committee for Workplace Justice (and build solidarity >between labor and academia without ever leaving your office,) let me know. > >Just a reminder--the striking workers at Yale have no strike fund and are >depending upon our solidarity. If you would like to make a donation, >please send a check to the University Chaplain's Hardship Fund, P.O. Box >209078 New Haven, CT 06520-9078. > >Thanks for your support! >In solidarity, >Jennifer Berkshire >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY > >We, the undersigned, wish to express our deep concern regarding Yale >University's failure to bargain in good faith with its clerical, >technical, service, and graduate employees. We also wish to make clear >our opposition to the administration's proposals which provoked the union >to strike in the first place: unlimited subcontracting of union jobs and >massive cuts in retirement benefits. > >As faculty members at universities all over the country, we are keenly >aware that the outcome of the situation at Yale will set the stage for >the future of labor relations on other campuses. We do not share Yale's >vision of the future. All university employees, whether food service >workers or full professors, deserve to be treated with dignity and >respect, receiving adequate compensation and benefits for the work they >perform. We urge you to negotiate seriously with the members of Locals 34 >and 35. > Mark Weisbrot 2501 Q Street NW, #111 Washington DC 20007 (202) 333-6141 (202) 965-0830 (day) fax: (202) 965-0831 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
