"Got Ethics?" Rally Recap in Home News

"We haven't received anything since 2008," said AFSCME 888 President Mike Holland, a Rutgers carpenter from Manville.

"To us, this (lost raises) means whether our kids have shoes or clothes for school," he said.

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-from Hundreds gather at Rutgers to protest denial of annual raises
By TOM BALDWIN • STAFF WRITER • July 15, 2010

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This was the companion piece that ran along with Rutgers board hikes in-state tuition by 4 percent.
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The vote came as representatives of the university's unions sat in the gallery with placards opposing a salary freeze the administration blames on rising costs and cuts in state aid.

"I want to hear what the administration and the board have to say," said psychology professor Gary Brill of Somerset.

McCormick thought enough of the protests to open the public part of the board of governors meeting with a statement on the pay freeze.
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