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May 13th, 2008 by UCW-CWA
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This Friday, May 16 from 5:30- 7 pm and Saturday, May 17 from 10-3 we will be having an organizing school on how we get more UT employees to join UCW-CWA. This is a very good training that helps guides us through steps we can take to get more people in our organization.
Many of you have been through this training- we need more of us to have gone through it, so please consider signing up for it. And if these times don’t work for you but you would be interested in future trainings, please let me know.
Cameron
Cameron Justin Brooks
Lead Organizer
United Campus Workers
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UCW-CWA leaders and several student supporters spent Tuesday in Nashville lobbing members of the General Assembly. As everyone is aware, at the start of the session the budget situation was rather grim. This situation has only worsened over the past 3 months. According to the Governor’s latest calculations the state now faces a shortfall of nearly $470 million this year. President Petersen’s email this afternoon addresses the UT administration’s take on these developments.
Read on for the latest analysis of state budget considerations
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I am sure most of you have seen the announcement from President Petersen concerning the cuts that are coming to UT.
The Governor can present his budget, which he will do in a speech to the full legislature on Monday, but it is the legislature that has to ratify it. Every member of the state house is up for re-election this year, along with half of the state senate. They are the ones that have to ratify any budget cuts.
Some members of the house are proposing using the 750 million dollar rainy day fund to offset the cuts- others are working for tax reform measures that will close the gap.
It is not a done deal by any stretch of the imagination.
Over the next several mornings we will be handing out flyers as folks come to work. These flyers will ask people to call a specific 1800 number to talk to the members of the legislature who will be making this decision. Here are the areas we will focus on:
Thursday (tommorrow) morning, 7 am-9 am- the parking lot behind circle park
Friday morning, 7 am - 9 am- the parking lot beside student health
Monday morning, 7 am - 9 am- the parking lot at the vet school.
We need volunteers to help with this. Your help is needed! Please email me at cameronjbrooks@hotmail.com or call 387-4408 if you can help.
Cameron
Cameron Justin Brooks
Lead Organizer
United Campus Workers
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