tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post8889604207983001199..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Give the BOT a messageDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78675204257886095862011-07-17T09:00:37.420-05:002011-07-17T09:00:37.420-05:00It's not as if the 9-month appointment is a su...It's not as if the 9-month appointment is a surprise. Are you asking for sympathy because you have a 9-month appointment? Why not go after some summer salary by attracting research grants or other scholarly activity? Of course, you also have the option of spreading your 9-month salary out over the 12 month calendar year if you are unable to secure summer funding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-23815471106890859712011-07-16T08:49:35.113-05:002011-07-16T08:49:35.113-05:00I've been in the office every day (except when...I've been in the office every day (except when I traveled to do work) even though I'm on a nine-month contract. Can I be counted as a person worthy of union representation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-61983907143142329592011-07-15T08:55:29.639-05:002011-07-15T08:55:29.639-05:00Dave Johnson called it vacation.Dave Johnson called it vacation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-53220612514545399192011-07-14T21:48:16.313-05:002011-07-14T21:48:16.313-05:00Dear Last Anonymous:
Do you know faculty members a...Dear Last Anonymous:<br />Do you know faculty members are only paid 9 months without getting any vacation? We do not have 3 months vacation. We are unemployed for three months. I do not believe you are a real union member or even a real worker. No true union member will denounce his brothers and sisters like this.<br />May God bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78018117573549532942011-07-14T11:41:49.314-05:002011-07-14T11:41:49.314-05:00Unions are for miners and factory workers. Facult...Unions are for miners and factory workers. Faculty Union sounds like an oxymoron to me especially if tenured. <br /><br />Now go back to your 3 month vacation while us real union workers get back to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-43943640407194673312011-07-11T21:15:25.496-05:002011-07-11T21:15:25.496-05:00Surely both things matter--as does another, more i...Surely both things matter--as does another, more internal audience. We need to make our case directly to the BOT, but also need to make ourselves heard before the wider public audience that they, being political animals, respond to. Plus we need to remind faculty and staff at SIUC that there's still a big battle underway over the future of this campus. <br /><br />We won't win over thatDave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-51893274871444113862011-07-11T17:40:48.586-05:002011-07-11T17:40:48.586-05:00Is a picture in the paper really the goal? I woul...Is a picture in the paper really the goal? I would think that we need to convince the BOT that there is an important unresolved issue, not the readers of the Southern Illinoisan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-55295053875137197262011-07-09T19:44:48.514-05:002011-07-09T19:44:48.514-05:00To any and all who are reading this: please partic...To any and all who are reading this: please participate in this action and encourage others to do the same. It's crucially important.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873177942643383807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-85530061597148205452011-07-09T19:34:52.157-05:002011-07-09T19:34:52.157-05:00The other tactics make for a picture in the paper ...The other tactics make for a picture in the paper rather than an article with no picture or even no article at all.paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-21421099772350941732011-07-09T16:54:16.562-05:002011-07-09T16:54:16.562-05:00Reading the statement and having a large showing a...Reading the statement and having a large showing at the meeting should suffice. The other tactics seem pointless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com