The UA Negotiations Kickoff Event!
On February 6, 2008, United Academics kicked off negotiations for our third contract for full-time faculty at UVM. Speaking to a crowd of students, faculty, staff, and reporters from local press and television stations, UA members talked about the issues of academic freedom, curricular and staffing self-governance, and UVM's ability to attract and retain high-calibur faculty that are important to UA's members, and to the UVM community. On this page you will find audio, video, pictures, transcripts, and press reports from the event. If you couldn't be there, this is the next best thing. Kudos to all the great speakers at our kickoff event!
Pictures from the Kickoff
Judy Cohen tells it like it is.
Angela DiGiulio gives the student perspective.
UA supporters.
Lots of UA supporters.
Peter Jack Tkatch and Beth Mintz.
UA President David Shiman explains UA's perspective.
Chief Negotiator Ross Thomson gets serious.
WCAX covers the event.
More from David Shiman.
UA Communications Team Nancy Welch and Richard Parent listen attentively to David Shiman.
Press Reports
(All press reports are in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF).)
Media
(All media files are very large and may take some time to download.)