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		<title>Krutz Denies Request for Information and Bargaining</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Krutz, Ellen Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 7:32 PM To: Bright, Michael Subject: Request to bargain effects of Prioritization Dear Mr. Bright, I am writing to respond to USofCC’s November 17, 2011 letter requesting that Columbia College participate in &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2012/02/09/krutz-denies-request-for-information-and-bargaining/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOTES WERE TALLIED MONDAY NOON IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNION PRACTICE. THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRESIDENT MIKE BRIGHT, FILM &#38; VIDEO VICE-PRESIDENT OSCAR VALDEZ, HUMANITIES, HISTORY, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SECRETARY JEEYEUN LEE, CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP (WRITE-IN CANDIDATE) TREASURER NINA &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2012/01/31/election-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=1018&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates for Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOTING SCHEDULE Thursday, January 26                Friday, January 27 9:00 am – 5:00 pm                             9:00 am – 5:00 pm 916 S. Wabash, &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2012/01/20/candidates-for-office/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=962&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FROM THE ELECTION COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STAFF OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO (USofCC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elections Scheduled for USofCC Officers and IEA Region 67 Representative Assembly Delegates and Ethnic Minority Delegate Members will vote for the leadership of USofCC in on-campus elections scheduled for Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27, 2012. Elections will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 5 &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2012/01/15/from-the-election-committee-of-the-united-staff-of-columbia-college-chicago-usofcc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=957&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Higher Ed Solidarity Happy Hour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn what you can do to help your union fight to prioritize education with smaller classes, fair wages, and strong contracts. Lend a hand The unrelenting war against working Americans continues. Columbia College part-time faculty (P- fac) has yet to settle a contract. Columbia College staff &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2012/01/10/chicago-higher-ed-solidarity-happy-hour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=950&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Letter to the Board of Trustees</title>
		<link>http://usofcc.org/2011/12/13/our-letter-to-the-board-of-trustees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the letter we distrinuted to the Board of Trustees on December 6, 2011: Dear Distinguished Members of the Columbia Board of Trustees: We are members of Columbia College’s staff, faculty and student body. We are gathered here today &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2011/12/13/our-letter-to-the-board-of-trustees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=931&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the Board of Trustees Rallies</title>
		<link>http://usofcc.org/2011/12/09/report-from-the-board-of-trustees-rallies/</link>
		<comments>http://usofcc.org/2011/12/09/report-from-the-board-of-trustees-rallies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately 200 students, staff, and faculty conducted a two-day informational rally outside the Board of Trustees meeting this week.  The coalition was formed to address concerns that the prioritization process was leaving out those who mattered most – those who &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2011/12/09/report-from-the-board-of-trustees-rallies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=927&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stand Together with Columbia Students, Staff, and Faculty!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Columbia College’s faculty, staff, and students as we call on Columbia’s Board of Trustees to consider our priorities and the quality of education while the college embarks on a “prioritization” plan. When: Tuesday, December 6th and Wednesday, December 7th &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2011/12/01/921/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=921&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help Your Union &#8211; Be an Officer</title>
		<link>http://usofcc.org/2011/11/14/help-your-union-be-an-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around the country, folks are starting to talk ELECTIONS&#8212;-and so is USofCC! It’s time for the United Staff of Columbia College (USofCC) to elect officers for the next two years! During this time period, a second contract between USofCC and &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2011/11/14/help-your-union-be-an-officer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=912&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prioritize Us!</title>
		<link>http://usofcc.org/2011/11/01/prioritize-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You have to understand, the College considers Prioritization as an investment.” That was the reply from a College Administrator when asked by a Staff member at the September Townhall how much the College was paying the ASP prioritization consultants. That &#8230; <a href="http://usofcc.org/2011/11/01/prioritize-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usofcc.org&amp;blog=17463043&amp;post=887&amp;subd=usccunion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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