hermit001
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:04:20 -0700
Please share with others and get outraged! Robert Dhondrup (back in L.A. at the CLARE Foundation) Friends?I have worked with many of you over the past several years. Many of you know of the Labor Center?s battle for funding and have supported us in this struggle. Our work to bring the resources of the University to the labor movements and community groups dealing with labor issues has drawn the ire of conservative forces in the state. You may have heard that Monday we received word that the Governor vetoed the entire state budgetary support for our work. We are still pursuing other means of maintaining our funding. I wanted to share with you a letter about our situation. Take care? Steven Steven C. Pitts Labor Specialist Center for Labor Research and Education University of California-Berkeley 2521 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94720 510-643-6815 (voice) 510-642-6432 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu Dear friends and supporters of U.C. labor research and education: Many of you have seen the emailed message from President Dynes or reports in the press that the Governor vetoed $3.8 million in funding for labor studies at University of California. This item had been included in the budget passed with bipartisan support in both the Senate and Assembly last week. The veto was, to put it mildly, a surprise to the many in the legislature who support labor research and education. Although budgetary savings were stated as the reason, this was the only item vetoed in the entire UC budget. We want to assure you that the effort to maintain funding for this important work is far from over. Discussions with legislative leadership are on-going. We will also continue to press our case that this work deserves full support from the University's other resources, which have grown considerably this year. Research and education on matters of importance to the working people of this state may deserve more resources from the university than they presently receive; they certainly deserve no less. During this budget cycle, we have been heartened by the many people who have expressed support for our research and education programs. We will continue to present the facts to state leaders and to the university: that the work we do is of top quality, has much policy relevance and deserves priority funding, both from the legislature and from internal university sources. We will keep you informed as we learn more. Michael Reich, Professor of Economics and Director, UC Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations Katie Quan Chair, UC Berkeley Center on Labor Research and Education Ruth Milkman Professor of Sociology and Director, UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations Gary Blasi Professor of Law and former Acting Director, UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations Kent Wong Director, UCLA Center on Labor Research and Education
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