Legislative Update: Hands Off Our Earned Benefits! Our Voice, March 17th!

At the moment we in higher education may be spared from this attack. But what is more true than ever? What our members on campuses across Tennessee have been saying all along: We need secure jobs that pay living wages with the benefits we have earned through years of loyal service! Hands off our earned benefits!

We also know from past experience that the budget process is fluid. We've seen horrible things happen during the session, like when last year's promises of raises and the funding earned by our campuses were both yanked back by Gov. Haslam. We know that when wealthy politicians go after benefits for some (like new employees' pension no longer being a fully guaranteed benefit), they will continue to cut! This has been the dominant agenda in Nashville over the past several years.

But we have a different agenda, and that agenda can win if we use our collective voice. Here's what we must do:

• 1) Organize, organize, organize. Now is the time to ask your coworkers to join our union. Talk to them about the power it takes to speak against these attacks, and why having a voice that belongs to higher education employees that advocates for higher education employees is so essential.
• 2) Show up in force on TUESDAY, MARCH 17 at United Campus Workers' Lobby Day at the Capitol in Nashville. Reserve your spot on the bus today. Let's tell them: Living Wage Jobs, Public Education, and Democracy for Tennessee! Hands off our longevity! #PeopleFirstBudget #handsOFFmylongevity

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