Janitors Strike Night Shift at UM Coral Gables Campus; (Univ of Miami Pres Donna Shalala)

Yahoo Business News ^ | February 28, 2006

[bd476]

"...University President Donna Shalala has come under fire by a growing coalition of students, faculty, religious leaders, and community activists for not doing more to head off the strike by ensuring that UNICCO respects workers' right to organize for a living wage and affordable health insurance, free from intimidation..."

"...Yet, the university's policies have actually increased Miami-Dade's poverty rate..."

"...In an already poor city, janitors at the University of Miami are some of the poorest, earning as little as $13,104 a year, less than half the county median..."

"...University President Donna Shalala has been unwilling to commit the university to funding higher wages and affordable health insurance for the UNICCO janitors..."

[ncountylee]

Another filthy Clintonista looking out for the little people.

[bd476]

Donna Shalala University of Miami President and UNICCO and the Teamters:

Janitors walked out last night.

[bd476]

ncountylee wrote: Another filthy Clintonista looking out for the little people."




At least she won't have to worry about the tall poppy syndrome.

[NewHampshireDuo]

The Boston Globe yesterday put Donna Shalala on a short list of recommended women to be next president of Harvard.

[bd476]

NewHampshireDuo wrote: "The Boston Globe yesterday put Donna Shalala on a short list of recommended women to be next president of Harvard."

Here I was feeling a little low for coming up short when I made reference to Dr. Shalala's diminutive stature and then the Boston Globe tops it. *\*

It will be interesting to see if her current situation with the striking janitors will affect her chances for the Harvard job.

[dfwgator]

Methinks Donna would be happier posing with the cheerleaders, if you know what I mean.

[dfwgator]

The Boston Globe yesterday put Donna Shalala on a short list of recommended women to be next president of Harvard.

Well, let's just say, women of Shalala's stature are in "short" supply.

[bd476]

LOL!

[AmishDude]

Unskilled laborers should beware of striking on a college campus. Can you say "work study"?

[dfwgator]

For most of the UM football players, this is their future.

[bd476]

dfwgator wrote: "Well, let's just say, women of Shalala's stature are in "short" supply."



This is probably her most flattering photo, and here's a larger copy.

I'm thinking it's confirmation enough that the Napoleon complex is thriving in politics and university administration.

[bd476]

That's a good idea.

[Calvin Locke]

How could any responsible trustee think of hiring Shalala after her intolerance of free speech at the U of Wisconsin?

Her views and methods are an anathema to the concept of higher education.

And the idiots ("overseers") at Harvard want to compound the mess they've allowed to be created?

WFB, Jr's

"I would rather live in a society governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone directory than in one governed by the 2,000 members of the Harvard faculty."

applies today as it did in the mid-1960s.

Trustees/Overseers and not faculty? The Faculty of Arts and Sciences seems be calling the shots.

[operation clinton cleanup]

At Harvard University in Boston, UNICCO janitors earn between $13 and $14 an hour and have fully paid health insurance.

Methinks Harvard has a slightly larger operating budget than U of M.

[BurbankKarl]

well, if the UPBP arrested 400,000 illegals the first 60 days of 2006, I would say there are plenty of prospective janitors out there.

[bd476]

operation clinton cleanup wrote:

" 'At Harvard University in Boston, UNICCO janitors earn between $13 and $14 an hour and have fully paid health insurance.'

Methinks Harvard has a slightly larger operating budget than U of M."


Yes, Harvard's budget including grants, donations and tuition fees has more available for its operating budget.

The University of Miami is not considered the least expensive university in the State of Florida.

Here's more :

Shalala under fire

Shalala …just raised … $1 billion … at UM. ... She … was ... in an … article in the New York Times this month. … discusses her 9,000-square-foot presidential residence on the waterfront -- where her dog has the choice of four beds, and … her 29-foot motorboat..."

Read more here: Fired University of Miami janitor leads strike over benefits

[bd476]

The pay and benefits might be better in California. Remember the downtown office cleaners who went on strike? As I recall, their Union negotiated more benefits and a large increase in wages.

More: Fired University of Miami janitor leads strike over benefits

[BurbankKarl]

of course they have it better here...their protectors are running the State! But the City of LA has a $250 million budget shortfall this year.....

Katie bar the door!

[Buffettfan]

Donna Shalala was the one that was robbed at an ATM in Georgetown by some homies a few years ago. The antique media hushed that one up pretty quick. It got very little coverage.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/07/shalala.robbery/