Budget protest at UNC Board of Trustees Thursday AM

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What: Protest at the Board of Trustees Meeting--No Budget Cuts on the Backs of Workers and Students!
When: Thursday, March 26, 11:45am
Where: Rally in the Pit + March to the Carolina Inn

This past Thursday, Chancellor Thorp instructed all campus departments to make permanent budget cuts of at least 5%, which will have deep impacts on student services across campus, class sizes and availability, and will result in dozens of workers losing their jobs and hundred more positions being left unfilled, forcing one person to do a job two, three, or four people would ordinarily do-- unless we stand up and do something about it!

 

On March 26, the UNC Board of Trustees will be meeting to discuss, among other things, the budget crisis at Carolina. This group of businesspeople and millionaires will be meeting with the chancellor and other administrators to talk about how the budget cuts will impact campus--and are planning to do so behind closed doors! We have to make our voices heard and demand an open and transparent process as the University deals with the global economic crisis. Workers and students must not bear the brunt of this crisis!

Students, workers, and faculty are organizing against the budget cuts. Please join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, March 24, at 7pm in Saunders 220 if you are interested in getting involved! Contact us at budgetcuts at unc dot edu for more info!