| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Oberlin College to lay off more than 100 in custodial, dining services |
| 2020-02-20 |
| [CHRONICLET] Oberlin College's president said Tuesday the college is taking steps to save up to $2 million annually by outsourcing more than 100 jobs currently held by unionized workers. For a union representative who learned of the college's proposal at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, just two hours before his membership would hear the plan, the news came like a punch in the gut, delivered in "bad faith." In a letter posted Tuesday on the college's website, President Carmen Twillie Ambar said the college is hoping to save $2 million in salary and benefits by "formally considering contracting with outside vendors for dining and custodial services currently provided by college employees." An estimated 52 full-time dining employees and 56 full-time custodial employees would be affected, she wrote. The timeline for the steps the college is taking is this summer, Ambar wrote. The affected employees are represented by the United Auto Workers. Ambar said the step the college is taking "is permitted under our UAW contract, and we will begin collective bargaining with the UAW in coming weeks to determine how best to move forward." The current contract between UAW and Oberlin College expires Sept. 30. Erik Villar, chairman of the UAW employees, said the union has had a contract with the college since 1993 that has been renewed every three years since. Related: Oberlin College: 2019-11-25 Oberlin College Students Erect Memorial to Palestinian Islamic Jihad Terrorists Oberlin College: 2019-11-18 Elitist Bill Maher Trashes 'Hate'-Filled Conservatives as 'A**holes You Can't Stand' Oberlin College: 2019-11-05 Ted Koppel: Despite verdict, Oberlin College President still ‘makes allusions to a pattern of racist behavior’ by Gibson’s Bakery |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Nano-violin is all tuned up for the union slobs. but perhaps they could be coders...….(too dumb to be farmers, according to some). |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2020-02-20 19:57 |
| #9 Oberlin got bitten hard in the butt for depriving others of their rights. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-02-20 16:20 |
| #8 Read that the workers are UAW (yes, apparently cleaning up after snowflakes is automotive work) and the union bosses are not amused. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-20 13:52 |
| #7 Would be great if the unionized workers also sued them now. Or made life hell for the admins. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-02-20 12:01 |
| #6 Correction to #1: Oberlin's scaring up cash to pay the Gibson's judgment. It's precisely because Oberlin's idiot president and counsel refused to settle with these normal, good people who suffered their unbelievable bullying that Oberlin is in the financial straits they now face. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-20 09:09 |
| #5 Hypocritical clowns. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-20 09:06 |
| #4 Call me when they start lying off administrative staff. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-02-20 02:03 |
| #3 When do Oberlin's administrators who orchestrated the defamation of the bakery owners get laid off? |
| Posted by: Jirt Platypus8917 2020-02-20 02:03 |
| #2 Ah, they are eating their own. Autophagic. They deserve it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-02-20 01:19 |
| #1 Looks like Oberlin's scaring up cash in order to pay the Gibson's settlement... = |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-20 00:18 |