The story I am about to share has already been reported in
quite a few journals; however, it is showing no signs of going away anytime
soon.
“Faculty Were Called 'Satan' Through Pay Raises At
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law: Complaint”
“A group representing faculty at the Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law claims several members
were called "Satan" through specific numbers represented in their pay
raises by Dean Craig M. Boise”.
“The American Association of University Professors
chapter at the law school, part of Cleveland State University, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the
State Employment Relations Board of Ohio in late August. It was picked up this
week by TaxProf Blog”.
“The complaint alleges retaliation for the formation of a collective bargaining
unit at the school, the Wall Street Journal reports”.
“Six AAUP organizers received merit pay raises of $666,
and two did not receive any raises, according to the complaint. Other faculty
received raises of $5,000 and $3,000, and the amounts were decided by the Dean
based on based on scholarly influence, student evaluations and service”.
“"In effect Dean Boise has called AAUP's organizers
and AAUP Satan," the complaint states. "Dean Boise's actions are a
poorly veiled threat in opposition to AAUP's organizing and concerted
activities."”
“CSU insists the numeral for the pay raise was just
coincidentally landed at the number representing the devil”.
“The Charging Party cannot point to a single directive,
or even a reference, from the Dean to a '666' or satanic merit pay amount for
certain allegedly union-active faculty members," the university said in a
statement to TaxProf. "The $666 merit award was the result of mathematical
division, not anti-union animus."”
The school further explained in an Oct. 8 response that the
lowest merit pay raise was initially supposed to be $727, but was lowered to
$666 due to an incorrect salary in the merit pool, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer
reports. This explanation "eviscerates the claim that Dean Boise
intentionally demonized union organizers through the amount of their merit pay
increase."
Rather than comment on who is right and wrong, I want to
point out that I am fairly sure there are more important issues prevalent in
higher education.
I will however say I believe it is the ‘hand of math’ rather
than ‘the hand of Satan’.
Thoughts?
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
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