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Yolanda Knodle

Yolanda Knodle, Parent Involvement Assistant; Council 18, New Mexico

Institutions of higher education achieve their missions because of the talented work of AFSCME members. We keep buildings and grounds clean and safe; prepare and serve good food to hungry students; work in classrooms; provide financial, technical and administrative services; and make our colleges, universities and technical schools great places to live and learn.

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Join your brothers and sisters in the AFSCME Higher Education Employees Network to discuss the concerns you share about your work, learn about what’s going on around the country and exchange information and ideas.

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    Workers at Iowa’s three state-run universities appear to have escaped layoffs from the state budget ax, with plans that rely on unpaid time off and smaller contributions by the schools to employees’ retirement accounts. The Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday approved budget plans that also include no bonuses for university presidents and, most likely, a $100 surcharge next semester for students at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.
  • Counting Faculty and Staff Absences
    Efforts to track H1N1 on college campuses this fall have focused almost exclusively on students, but the University of New Mexico has introduced Absence Tracking, a daily survey to keep tabs on the numbers of faculty and staff who call in sick.
  • Thousands Protest Fees, Cuts at UC Campuses
    Thousands of students, professors and workers at University of California campuses across the state poured out of classrooms Thursday to rally against deep cuts to public education and aim their frustration squarely at UC leaders' handling of its budget crisis. The system-wide walkout reflected frustration and anger as UC lays off hundreds of workers, imposes unpaid employee furloughs and reduces courses to close a budget gap of more than $750 million - the result of dramatically reduced funding from the cash-poor state and higher operating costs.

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