UVA Still Not Paying Living Wage -- UVA Students Still Not Eating

By davidswanson - Posted on 24 February 2012

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'Why I'm Hunger Striking at UVA' [2]

"... in our 'caring community,' hundreds of contract employees may make as little
as $7.25/hour ... I have experienced many periods of economic hardship in my
life. Growing up, I moved over 30 times – including various stays in homeless
shelters, the homes of family friends, and church basements. I know firsthand
what the economic struggle is like for many of these underpaid workers."
– Joseph Williams, third-year student at the University of Virginia
and player for Virginia Cavaliers football

Get the Facts [3]
UVA would need to spend $4.2-5.8 million to pay all direct employees at least
$13/hour – or less than 0.25% of the university's $2.487 billion annual budget

'Same Thing, Different Century' [4]
"I still view the University as a plantation ... the field workers aren’t going
to speak out." – Grace, former UVA employee

If Only the Woman Who Wrote This Were President of UVA [5]
"Being paid a living wage for one's work is a necessary condition for
self-actualization." – Teresa A. Sullivan, The Social Organization of Work

UPDATES: @UVALivingWage [6] | LivingWageAtUVA.org [7] | Facebook [8]

DO SOMETHING in Charlottesville, VA Friday:
Join the Living Wage Rally at 12:00 Noon [7]
University of Virginia Rotunda, street side, University Avenue (MAP [9])

DO SOMETHING Anywhere:
Politely Tell the People Who Run UVA to Act Like Decent Human Beings [10]
Their email addresses are publicly available right here

Sign the Living Wage Campaign Petition [11]

Tags

Nonviolent Resistance [12]

Links:
[1] http://MichaelMoore.com
[2] http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/why-im-hunger-striking-uva
[3] http://www.livingwageatuva.org/faq/
[4] http://www.livingwageatuva.org/2012/02/23/daily-worker-testimony-february-23rd/
[5] http://books.google.com/books?id=tfJCCU6k-4AC&lpg=PA63&dq=%22being%20paid%20a%20living%20wage%20for%20one%27s%20work%20is%20a%20necessary%20conditionfor%20self-actualization%22&pg=PA63#v=snippet&q=%22being%20paid%20a%20living%20wage%20for%20one%27s%20work%20is%20a%20necessary%20condition%20for%20self-actualization%22%22&f=false
[6] https://twitter.com/#%21/UVALivingWage
[7] http://www.livingwageatuva.org/
[8] http://www.facebook.com/livingwageatuva
[9] http://maps.google.com/maps?q=University+of+Virginia+Rotunda&daddr=1717+University+Avenue,+Charlottesville,+VA+%28University+of+Virginia:+Rotunda%29&hl=en&view=map&geocode=CdEUn2ptIbXgFbdfRAIdEyFS-yGAFri8hE5CfA&t=m&z=16
[10] http://www.virginia.edu/bov/visitorsandstaff.html
[11] http://www.change.org/petitions/university-of-virginia-president-sullivan-board-of-visitors-pay-all-direct-contracted-workers-a-living-wage-of-1300hr-benefits
[12] http://warisacrime.org/nonviolence