TO THE EDITOR:
It’s unfortunate that the University has become aligned with the state in slighting employees. A quiet change in the adverse leave policy seems to have taken place this year, forcing employees to use their own personal leave during days in which said employees are required to “stay home.” Now, during adverse conditions in which offices are forced to close, the University has an option of forcing employees to use personal leave (condition 2) or paying employees (condition 3). Regardless of the difference, the majority of UNC employees cannot work under either condition, and last week, the University decided we didn’t deserve to be paid either.
Having to beg the state year in and year out for a raise is one thing, but now having our own personal leave stripped from us by the University we work for makes one wonder just how valued we have become. And to pour salt into the wound, it seems all N.C. State University employees were paid for their forced time off on Friday. “What is it that bind us to this place?” I’m beginning to wonder that myself.
Justin Hanford
Class of ’01
Durham
