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A RESOLUTION
CONCERNING THE STAFF ‘SICK OUT’ SEPTEMBER
6-8, 2000.
Unanimously adopted by the GSA on September
1, 2000
PREAMBLE:
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest
employers in the city of Austin. As Austin and the University
grow in population size, the cost of living has increased
dramatically. The ongoing differences between the University
staff and administration are symptomatic of the financial
problems that affect the entire University of Texas at
Austin community. In 1997 an independent report confirmed
that salaries of UT staff members were significantly below
market value. Despite the administration's attempt to
rectify this situation with pay raises staggered over
time, many staff members confirm that they continue to
face economic hardships. Staff members are a strategic
and vital interest of a functioning university. Continued
erosion of their basic standard of living and work place
rights mean that the University is quickly losing its
place among the nation's leading public universities. This
problem impinges upon the lives and futures of all members
of the UT community. It is a situation that highlights
other problems for staff members on campus. These include,
but are not limited to, the absence of an official grievance
process and, importantly, a recent cut in health and dental
benefits.
RESOLVED:
· the
GSA supports all students, staff and faculty who choose
to participate in the “sickout” September
6-8, 2000 and condemn overt and covert forms of retaliation
for such participation.
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