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Reason #3689 Why Temple People Kick The Asses Of Penn People: They’ll Straight Up Camp Outside A Bitch’s House

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Today, June 3rd, at 12:00 PM (noon) a group of Temple University staff and faculty members plan to protest outside the residence of Anne Weaver Hart, Temple Unversity’s president. The group is protesting recent employee layoffs. The protesters will gather on the south side of Rittenhouse Square. It’s unknown how many people will participate at this time.

Something tells us that whatever this is, it’ll get cleared up before your post-lunch nap. Temple doesn’t play that way. (N.B.: We’re not calling Ms. Weaver Hart a bitch per se, mind you. Just using the parlance of our time.)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm.

  • barryg

    Temple students kick ass because they oppose difficult but sound decisions that every organization is forced to make in difficult economic times?

  • tenant

    Students are not mentioned in this post. Staff and faculty, yo.

  • mmmmokay

    Once again, by trying to insult Penn students you make yourself look like an ass.

  • tips

    Awwww.

  • philatrash

    Barryg, it was the way in which Temple fired these employees:

    See http://phillygrrl.com/2009/05/28/temple-screws-over-its-secretaries/ and http://phillygrrl.com/2009/06/01/temple-screws-over-its-secretaries-2/

    19 employees in CLA and other locations in the University were suddenly informed last week that their jobs would be terminated, and that they would need to reapply for newly classified positions. They were given 24 hours to schedule interviews, 48 hours to submit their applications and 72 hours to secure letters from recommendation. To add to the outrage, they were subjected to 10 minute ‘interviews’ in which they were asked questions designed to have them identify fellow co-workers as inessential. This Wednesday, a mere ten days after being initially informed of this process, these employees were informed of their fate: Nineteen were fired and escorted from the building by the building manager or security guards; they now face finding new jobs in the worst economic environment in decades. [They were given no severance pay.] Many others were shifted around to other departments in CLA, ejected from jobs they had done well for years or even decades.

  • barryg

    philatrash, yikes, sounds like the PhillyCarShare of higher education.

  • philatrash

    HAHA. That’s an appropriate way of putting it, yes.

  • jrpettit

    Thanks for the coverage philebs and clarification ‘philatrash.’ This was a great event. It was a mix of students, faculty, ‘laid-off’ employees and folks from other concerned unions. The story is far more complicated than something that can be attributed to ‘tough economic times.’ The most recent incarnation of ill-will between Temple and its unions stretch back at least two years. These actions were a result of that, although Temple conveniently can pass it off as part of the downturn. You’ll probably be hearing a lot more about labor issues up there soon.

  • jrpettit

    Ha. Totally on the CarShare tip right now.

  • http://www.phillygrrl.com phillygrrl

    Thanks philatrash.

    There are those companies that are transparent with employees about economic troubles and work for some sort of compromise, if possible. Say voluntary reduced hours, or what-have-you. And then there’s Temple.

  • joethestatusquo

    Temple students are better than Penn kids for an innumberable amount of reasons…but here’s one
    Popped collars, and wannabe hipsters suck.