Support Fired NCSU Housekeeper

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    Albert Scott, NCSU Asst. Director of Housekeeping
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    Student Worker Alliance, UE local 150 - NC Public Service Workers Union
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A few weeks ago, Nedra Rollins, a housekeeper at the NCSU Vet. School, and UE local 150 union member, was unjustly fired. She is a long time union member that has stood up for her co-workers when they have been subjected to unfair treatment in the past.

We are calling on workers and students to support her by signing and circulating this petition.

Background on Nedra Rollins' case:

At the Vet School, all workers and students are given ID badges that must be swiped to enter the building. In August, the management began to demand that housekeepers leave their badges on campus when they finish working. This is a violation of the current ID badge policy for facility operations employees (i.e. housekeepers, groundskeepers, maintenance workers). The policy states:

"Each university employee is issued an identification badge at the time of hire, which is to be worn when on university premises." (Facilities operations policy #302)

Workers who turn in their badges at the end of their workdays risk harassment by university police if stopped and questioned while on campus.
Housekeepers are the only people on campus that are asked to hand in their ID badges at the end of their shifts. Other campus workers and students are not asked to do so. There has been a long history of unjustly blaming housekeepers for the theft of campus property. This policy unfairly targets housekeepers for surveillance based on an unfounded belief that they are responsible for these thefts.

On August 5th 2008, Nedra Rollins refused to hand in her badge. She knew that not wearing her badge while on campus is a violation of the ID badge policy and was afraid that university police might stop her before or after her shift. After a month of harassment by managers for simply complying with campus policy, she was unjustly fired for insubordination on September 11th 2008.

Please show your support for Ms. Rollins by calling Housekeeping Asst. Director, Albert Scott, at 919-515-9841 or emailing him at albert_scott@ncsu.edu.

--- UE 150 believes that collective action is the best method to assure victory for working-class people. ---

--- Contact the Student-Worker Alliance to learn about what you can do to support campus workers. Email: studentworkeralliance@riseup.net ---
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We, the undersigned workers and students at N. C. State University, are appalled that the University administration discriminates against housekeepers. The housekeepers at the Vet school were asked to separate from their I.D. badges at the end of their shifts while other workers and students were not. We call for the reinstatement of Ms. Nedra Rollins who was unjustly fired on September 11th 2008.

116 Signatures

  • Dante Strobino
    • phone number
    • 919-539-2051
    • work area/ study major
    • NCSU Electrical Engineering Alumnus
    • comments
    • Only through unity will we win.
  • Joy Piontak
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    • В
    • work area/ study major
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  • Tanner Kroeger
  • Tricia McTague
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    • 919-389-7371
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology
    • comments
    • Housekeepers should not singled out for constant surveillance, while everyone else can come and go as they please. This is a clear case of harassment of and discrimination against working class people. I strongly urge Mr. Scott to reinstate Nedra Rollins. I am grateful to Ms. Rollins for standing up for herself, her coworkers, and all working class people.
  • Chirag Lakhani
    • work area/ study major
    • Math Graduate Student
  • Earl Kennedy
  • Kris Macomber
  • Joseph Chandler
  • Elizabeth Seale
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  • Heather Shay
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  • Tyneisha Bowens
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    • I am a former student of NCSU and I am disappointed in my university for its unjust and ultimately classist actions. NCSU workers are the backbone of the campus and should have democratic leadership over their working conditions, payment, and treatment by students and other NCSU staff.
  • Jerimee Richir
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  • Domenic Powell
    • work area/ study major
    • history
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    • NC can't won't get away with this much longer!
  • Kate Akin
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  • Scott Williams
  • Gretchen Thompson
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  • Rebecca McClure
  • Chad Mercer
  • Drew Ball
    • phone number
    • 3369789699
    • work area/ study major
    • Political Science
    • comments
    • Please look into this issue and give it the consideration it deserves and that the community demands. Thank you.
  • Julianne Payne
  • Dustin Dorsey
  • Joslyn Brenton
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  • SHARLENE SIMON
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    • IF FACTS AS PRESENTED ARE ACCURATE, THE FIRING OF MS. ROLLINS APPEARS TO BE ILL-ADVISED AND POSSIBLY UNFAIR AND UNJUST TREATMENT FOR COMPLYING WITH RULES ON ID BADGES.
  • Kevin Stainback
    • work area/ study major
    • NCSU Graduate (MS 2002; PhD 2005)
  • Jacob C. Day
  • Nicholas Solebello
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology & Anthropology
  • Emily Cabaniss
  • MJ Gathings
  • Raymond Garrett-Peters
    • work area/ study major
    • Department of Sociology (graduate student)
  • Chelsea Earles
    • phone number
    • 919-491-6936
  • Jeffrey Leiter
    • phone number
    • 919-833-6022
    • work area/ study major
    • sociology (faculty member)
  • Jason Roberts
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    • work area/ study major
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  • Tiffany Taylor
  • Amy McClure
  • Karen Reez
  • Krista Whitehead
  • Kimberly Kelly
    • phone number
    • 706-254-7251
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology
  • Ivy Ken
    • phone number
    • 2029941886
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology
    • comments
    • This is a very important issue -- please take heed.
  • Molly Dragiewicz
  • Jennifer Marks
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    • work area/ study major
    • NCSU staff member and Sociology graduate student
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  • Jessica Holden Sherwood
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    • NCSU Ph.D. (sociology) 2004
  • Meghan Krausch
    • work area/ study major
    • PhD student, Dept of Sociology, University of Minnesota
  • Liz Legerski
    • work area/ study major
    • University of Kansas
  • Louise Marie Roth
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology
    • comments
    • This is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't. It seems unreasonable to have bureaucratic policies at a single institution that conflict with one another.
  • Kelly MacArthur
    • phone number
    • (908) 361-7341
  • Michelle Jacobs
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    • 330-672-8345
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology, Kent State University (OH)
    • comments
    • Justice NOW!
  • Maura McCafferty
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    • (216)533-6066
    • work area/ study major
    • Sociology, Kent State University
    • comments
    • Outraged in Ohio!
  • Jennifer Cline
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    • 330 968 4341
    • work area/ study major
    • Pan-African Studies and Sociology
  • Damiela Jauk
    • work area/ study major
    • sociology
  • John Anagnost