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| May 3 |
Leonard Sandridge issues response to Student Proposal (PDF) |
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| May 1 |
17 students are convicted of violating UJC standards and are sanctioned with an oral admonition and each must write 3 letters of apology, addressed to: administrators, police officers, and the staff of Madison Hall. |
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| April 28 |
• Living Wage Campaign presents compromise proposal to U.Va. administrators. (DOC)
• Attorney General issues official opinion. (PDF)
• President Casteen addresses compensation issues at Faculty Senate meeting.
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| April 21 |
President Casteen delivers the State of the University address to 300 people. 50 protestors wear sashes in support of the Living Wage campaign and listen to Casteen's remarks, which includes several references to the recent protests (listen to podcast). A teach-in sponsored by the campaign is held on the steps of Old Cabell Hall following the president's speech. (Read more about State of the University address.) |
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| April 20 |
President Casteen sends a letter to the University community, detailing events of the last weekend and indicating future steps. A letter signed by 226 faculty in support of the Living Wage Campaign is made public (download letter). |
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| April 18 |
Student protesters remove tents and signs from in front of Madison Hall at the request of the administration. A rally is held on the north steps of the Rotunda at 1 p.m. |
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| April 17 |
Arrested
students are released on $500 bond. Two rallies are held, including a 1
p.m. rally at which Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, is a featured speaker. |
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| April 15 |
At
1 a.m., Casteen holds a second meeting with the students in the lobby
of Madison Hall to discuss a proposal that he had sent to them shortly
before midnight. The meeting lasts an hour and a half. At the
conclusion, Casteen asks the students to prepare a response for him by
2 p.m. that afternoon.
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At 3 a.m., food left on steps of Madison Hall is brought into the building and given to the students.
• At 3 p.m., Casteen meets again with student protesters who present him with a paper outlining their proposal. He responds to each point in the proposal, indicating what can and cannot be achieved. At the conclusion of the meeting, Casteen asks the students to respond to his earlier proposal. They decline and say that they unanimously decided his proposal did not merit a response. Casteen wishes the students well and urges them to leave the building soon.
• 7 p.m. – U.Va. administrators notify student protesters that they
must leave Madison Hall or face arrest for criminal trespass. No
students leave. Shortly thereafter, all 17 students are arrested and
taken from Madison Hall to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. |
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| April 14 |
At
1 p.m., a rally is held during which several local politicians along
with the mother of one of the students sitting inside the building
address the protestors. Access to Madison Hall is limited to
individuals who have prior appointments with administrators in the
building. Items of food and books are not permitted into the building
and are left on the steps by participants in the rally.
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At 4:45 p.m., a second rally is held on the Madison Hall lawn, and protesters encircle the building.
• At 5 p.m., Casteen talks with Channel 29 at Carr's Hill about the student protest
(watch video). |
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| April l3 |
At
1 p.m., a rally in support of the 17 students inside Madison Hall is held on the front lawn of the building where several tents have been
set up.
• At 4:45 p.m., the day's second rally is held on the front lawn.
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| April 12 |
17
student protesters begin a sit-in in the lobby of Madison Hall. They
bring with them sleeping bags, laptops, cell phones and a supply of
food.
• At 1 p.m., Living Wage Coalition stages a rally in the
front of the Rotunda, with NAACP chairman and U.Va. history professor
Julian Bond, local clergy and student activists addressing the group.
• At 4:30 p.m., anthropology professor Wende Marshall is arrested for
trespassing after entering Madison Hall just as a rally and a 24-hour
vigil are about to begin.
• At 5:30 p.m., when Madison Hall closes, students are requested to
leave the building by Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Lampkin.
When they refuse to leave, they are permitted to remain in the lobby
overnight.
• At 11 p.m., Casteen meets with the 17 students in Madison Hall and
delivers to them a statement along with a copy of a letter from
Commonwealth of Virginia's Attorney General, advising the University
that it does not have legal authority to set a minimum wage requirement
for private contractors and vendors that do business with the
University. |
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| April 8 |
Student
protesters gather outside the Rotunda during a Board of Visitors
meeting to protest U.Va.’s current hourly wage of $9.37**. |
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| April 8 |
Protesters gather outside the Rotunda during a Board of Visitors meeting to advocate for the $10.72 "living wage." |
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| March 7 |
President
John T. Casteen III announces that U.Va. will increase the base pay for
its hourly wage workers to $9.37**. The 49-cent increase is based on
results of a market survey in the Charlottesville area. Fringe benefits
bring the total hourly rate to $12.66 per hour for the lowest paid
worker at the University. |
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| March 3 |
U.Va.
administrators request a ruling from the Attorney General on whether or
not the University has legal authority to set a minimum wage
requirement for private contractors and vendors that do business with
the University. |
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| February 22 |
Approximately
100 students, faculty and community members gather at the Rotunda
calling for U.Va.’s minimum hourly wage to be increased to $10.72 for
both U.Va. classified workers as well as contracted workers. |
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| February 21 |
The Living Wage Campaign at the University of Virginia issues a report, Keeping Our Promises: Toward a Living Wage at the University of Virginia,
which contains a resolution urging the University to adopt a "living
wage" for both its classified employees as well as workers employed by
firms working on contract with the University.
** As of November 25, 2006 the university minimum wage was raised to $9.75 per hour. |
Competitive Compensation Timeline, 2006