How Do We Respond to Furloughs and Salary Cuts?

The legislature rescinded a two percent salary increase, and the governor’s furlough plan cuts pay by another three percent for at least the next two years. But there is a solution: the budget also changed state law to allow academic staff and faculty to bargain collectively against unilateral changes in salaries and benefits. United Faculty and Academic Staff, Local 223, AFT, AFL-CIO, invites you to learn more about these problems and the solutions we can create.