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	<description>Building respect through union representation of UVM staff.</description>
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		<title>Busy Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot has happened over the last few weeks in the efforts to build an employee association for UVM staff. Here’s a summary of the events:
In mid-December of last year, organizers from the Vermont NEA (calling themselves University Staff Union) filed a petition [link to PDF] with the Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB) to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2012/01/27/busy-times/</link>
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		<title>FAQ&#8217;s About Union Elections</title>
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A representative from the United Staff organizing committee spoke with Tim Noonan, Executive Director of the Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB) earlier this month regarding some common questions about card-signing, elections, and ballots. Most of the information summarized below can be found in the VLRB Rules of Practice, and section 13, which covers the questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/10/25/faqs-about-union-elections/</link>
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		<title>United Staff: Your Independent Union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we talk with people, one question we’re hearing is, “Why go independent? Why not join a powerful existing union?” Well, we considered affiliating with several national unions, but in the end, we realized we have all of the skills, energy, and wisdom we need to do this by ourselves, and to do it well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/09/28/united-staff-your-independent-union/</link>
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		<title>Do you love working at UVM?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you love working at UVM but feel the working conditions could be better? Do you worry that your benefits will be cut or changed without prior notice or discussion? Do you wonder how you can make your needs known, and your voice heard, when the administration makes decisions that affect you?
We have great news! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/09/21/do-you-love-working-at-uvm-as-much-as-we-do/</link>
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		<title>United Staff: soon to be your union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Staff is a grassroots organization of currently unrepresented staff at the University of Vermont who are forming an independent union so that we will have a seat at the negotiating table to participate in important decisions about our salaries, benefits, working conditions, and problem solving. 
United Staff is now officially incorporated, with elected officers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/08/27/united-staff-soon-to-be-your-union/</link>
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		<title>President Fogel&#8217;s exorbitant payout draws criticism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 1st, when Dan Fogel stepped down as President of UVM, he began a 17-month paid leave of absence. During this time, he will receive over $580,000 in compensation and benefits. Many are outraged at this extraordinarily generous compensation package at a time when the University is supposedly so financially strapped that staff will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/08/11/president-fogels-exorbitant-payout-draws-criticism/</link>
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		<title>VPR News: After Big Improvements, UVM Faces Budget Shortfall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting piece on VPR this morning. Unfortunate that the report failed to include any perspective from staff, though it did mention layoffs.
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91346/
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		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/07/12/vpr-news-after-big-improvements-uvm-faces-budget-shortfall/</link>
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		<title>What is United Staff all about?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mission of United Staff is to create a clerical, professional and technical staff union at UVM that reflects our needs and values.
We envision and believe:
1.   that a staff union at UVM will make UVM a stronger, more effective, and more successful institution for everyone, including students, faculty, the administration, and the state [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/06/07/what-is-united-staff-all-about/</link>
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		<title>Affordable housing for UVM staff and faculty?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) has taken up the cause of affordable housing for UVM staff and junior faculty. President Fogel promised to make this a priority four years ago, and VIA is now holding the University to their word.
Read the Free Press article for more details.
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		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/06/07/affordable-housing-for-uvm-staff-and-faculty/</link>
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		<title>UVM presidential search to cost some $300,000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press article: &#8220;The search for the next president of the University of Vermont is expected to cost about $300,000 and to conclude no later than March 2012 with the selection by UVM trustees of a successor to Dan Fogel.&#8221;
Read the entire story here.
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		<link>http://www.unitedstaff.us/2011/04/27/uvm-presidential-search-to-cost-some-300000/</link>
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