University of La Verne employees expressed their discontent for a salary proposal that cuts benefits and calls for differential pay among disciplines in an open forum Wednesday.
Finally, the news University of La Verne employees have been waiting for: pay increases are on the way. But this news comes with some unfair sacrifices as well.
After months of discussion, Phil Hawkey, University of La Verne vice president, has proposed a program that would grant salary increases to faculty and staff, but could take away some key benefits.
To help pay for the many scholarships going to employees eligible for tuition remission, University of La Verne administrators have begun asking participating faculty members to fill out the Free Application For Student Aid before accepting their benefit package.
The budget proposal for the 1999-2000 academic year at the University of La Verne provides for an augmentation in salaries for faculty, administration and staff and includes a tuition increase of about 2.89 percent or $450.
He carefully puts on a white linen suit to go fix the main sewer line in the Health Office that has erupted. It is 8 a.m. Dorian Logue began his Tuesday at 5 a.m., playing with his newborn for about an hour before he tackled traffic for a 70 mile drive to work at the University of La Verne’s Maintenance Department.