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| | Prettner Solon says U of MN Strike Results from Governor’s Severe Budget Cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA — State Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon said today that the University of Minnesota strike, which involves nearly 1,800 clerical workers, is a result of the Governor’s severe budget cuts to higher education last session. |
 | | The University of Minnesota system suffered a $180 million cut in the last session and now is asking employees to face a wage freeze for one year of the contract and a 2.5% increase the second year, with cuts to healthcare benefits. |
 | | Average tuition and fees for a full-time student at the University of Minnesota has jumped by nearly $3,000 in the past five years, from $4,500 in 1998 to almost $7,300 today. |
| www.senate.leg.state.mn.us /caucus/dem/membernews/2005/dist07/20031021_Solon_UMN_Strike.htm (329 words) |
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