This letter may be circulated and returned to the address at the
bottom of the letter.  Or, if you are pressed for time, you can reply with
a virtual signature (endorsement) by e-mail to:  [log in to unmask]
	It would be helpful to return endorsements on or before Monday,
January 20th.
Thanks,   Will Miller

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>>				December 10,1996
>>Open Letter of Solidarity:
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>>	We the undersigned members of the University of
>>Vermont faculty express our solidarity with our co-workers on
>>the staff who are organizing as the United Employees of UVM
>>(UEUVM).
>>	We call on the UVM community and all Vermonters to
>>actively support this organizing drive as an essential step in
>>building high morale and enhancing quality of work life at
>>UVM.
>>	We call on the administration of UVM and its Board of
>>Trustees to refrain from interfering with a free and open
>>discussion of unionizing on the campus. We further call on
>>the administration to refrain from interfering with members
>>of the UVM staff as they exercise their rights to organize
>>and democratically decide on collective bargaining. Finally,
>>we call on the administration to expend no public funds to
>>hire a union-busting consultant.  The UVM community
>>deserves no less than this.
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>>Please return signed copies by January 20, 1997 to Will Miller,
>>Philosophy Dept., 70 S. Williams Street, Burlington, VT 05401-
>>3404 or to Elaine McCrate, Economics Dept, 479 Main Street,
>>Burlington, Vt. 05405
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