What this article fails to mention is the additional damage that SB5 has done to morale and to institutional and community loyalty for many in public service. These effects, whether justified or not, are likely to be felt for years to come in the forms of added distrust, lost talent, and missed opportunities to move forward together. (On the other hand, Issue 2 is likely to be hugely beneficial in getting people to get out and vote next week.)
I think one of the problems during the negotiations was the delegation of the administration's authority to an outside attorney, who made it clear that fact-finding was irrelevant to the trustees. I wonder what that cost YSU? A quick check on "lawfirmstats.com" shows that the outside attorney's former firm starts first-year lawyers fresh from law school (often just three years after college) at $115,000 per year and his first law firm has an average partner compensation of about $795,000 per year. (Bertram conveniently doesn't consider this point while complaining about faculty salaries for PhDs with half a career of experience. I know, I know, private sector/public sector, 'class warfare', etc., but some of that taxpayer money goes towards making those private sector individuals and corporations far wealthier. That's capitalism, right?)
‘An important part of the context for our negotiations’
What this article fails to mention is the additional damage that SB5 has done to morale and to institutional and community loyalty for many in public service. These effects, whether justified or not, are likely to be felt for years to come in the forms of added distrust, lost talent, and missed opportunities to move forward together. (On the other hand, Issue 2 is likely to be hugely beneficial in getting people to get out and vote next week.)
November 4, 2011 at 5:24 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Why the YSU-OEA blinked
I think one of the problems during the negotiations was the delegation of the administration's authority to an outside attorney, who made it clear that fact-finding was irrelevant to the trustees. I wonder what that cost YSU? A quick check on "lawfirmstats.com" shows that the outside attorney's former firm starts first-year lawyers fresh from law school (often just three years after college) at $115,000 per year and his first law firm has an average partner compensation of about $795,000 per year. (Bertram conveniently doesn't consider this point while complaining about faculty salaries for PhDs with half a career of experience. I know, I know, private sector/public sector, 'class warfare', etc., but some of that taxpayer money goes towards making those private sector individuals and corporations far wealthier. That's capitalism, right?)
October 16, 2011 at 3:53 p.m. permalink suggest removal