URA Responding to Dr. Furmanski Announced Plan to Freeze Raises

Thursday afternoon, university executive vice president Dr. Phil Furmanski announced his intention to pursue a salary freeze, reneging on his promise in the deferral agreement you approved last year:

“I am writing to let you know that for the time being, we will not be implementing any further salary increases so that we can begin discussions with our unions and non-aligned groups concerning the extreme fiscal crisis facing the university. This salary freeze will be effective across the university, in every area and at every level.”

The forward of this message from members was the first indication that the university would take this course of action. URA-AFT is holding an emergency meeting Friday to discuss what actions we will propose in response to this unilateral, unexpected breach of last year’s deferral agreement.

The announcement is conveniently timed to allow for URA members to decide on a course of action—and hear from you about what you are willing to do to protect our raises and our contract—at our regular June Membership Meeting Monday, June 14. Please attend this important meeting.

Dr. Furmanski's letter is online at http://ura-aft.org/node/360

Monday meeting information is online at http://ura-aft.org/node/360