Academic Staff Committee Statement on the

Proposed 2009-2011 Budget Repair Plan

Whereas, UW‐Parkside academic staff are willing to do our part to reduce
state expenditures, as evidenced by our high compliance on a voluntary
basis with the current biennium's furloughs which result in a 3% pay
cut, and

Whereas, UW‐Parkside academic staff incurred a 2% pay cut with the
rescission of a salary increase in 2009 to alleviate state budget
shortfalls, and

Whereas, a 5.8% pay cut for retirement contributions and more than
doubling the amount UW‐Parkside academic staff pay for health insurance
will result in at least an additional 7% pay reduction for UW‐Parkside
academic staff and

Whereas, this additional pay cut would be implemented before the end of
the mandated furloughs, resulting in a reduction of more than 10% per
paycheck for some employees, and

Whereas, UW‐Parkside academic staff salaries are already lower than
those of our academic peers and comparable private sector,and

Whereas, SB‐11 would make the recruitment and retention of excellent
UW‐Parkside academic staff more difficult and threaten UW‐Parkside’s
ability to serve its first generation students and as an exceptional
educational institution in Southeastern Wisconsin, and

Whereas, SB‐11 would end over 50 years of state‐union relations that
have helped produce an outstanding workforce, and

Whereas, SB‐11 would end the right of academic staff to collectively
bargain, and

Now therefore be it resolved that the Academic Staff Committee of the
University of Wisconsin‐Parkside opposes Special Session SB‐11 and
pledges that we will do everything in our power to inform our
communities of the adverse effects divestment in education will have on
UW-Parkside students, employers, community members, and the regional
economy.

Passed unanimously, 2/16/2011