[Vision2020] UI Retiree Lawsuit

[Donovan Arnold]

Unless it is a degree in Health Sciences, Engineering, or Law, it is going to just be an expensive piece of paper.
 
No Social Science degree right now is going to get you a job. There are people in Boise with degrees holding signs asking for money. 
 
Science, Math, Engineering and Health are the only real job opportunities in the near future that will pay a decent wage. 
 
Your Friend,
 
Donovan Arnold 

--- On Tue, 12/22/09, Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com> wrote:


From: Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UI Retiree Lawsuit
To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:06 AM


Would that include the contracts the students sign?  My son is about to 
sign a contract with the U.  The one that says that they will educate 
him if he pays them a whole lot of money.  I'm half temped to advise him 
to save his education fund and use it for something practical instead.

The real irony of the situation is that his ed. fund comes from his 
g'pa, whom the U of I gave a honorary Doctorate awhile back.

Dave


lfalen wrote:
> Lets hope that The Idaho Supreme  Court rules in favor of the early retirees. As it stands anyone would be foolish to sign a contract with the UI. It is not worth the paper it is written on.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:34:38 -0800
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] UI Retiree Lawsuit
>
>   
>> Courtesy of the Lewiston Tribune.
>>
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>>
>> Judge believes UI retiree lawsuit will be decided by state high court
>>
>> MOSCOW - A representative for the retirees suing the University of Idaho
>> over reductions to their early separation benefits believes the suit is
>> headed to Idaho's highest court.
>>
>> And the judge who ruled against them in November said this morning that he
>> agrees.
>>
>> "We all know this case is going up and will ultimately be decided by the
>> Supreme Court," said 2nd District Judge John R. Stegner after the attorney
>> for the retirees asked him to reconsider his earlier decision.
>>
>> Stegner also acknowledged the state high court could reverse his ruling.
>> "It's really that close."
>>
>> The judge said he would issue a new written decision "in due course," but
>> indicated it would largely be the same as his previous ruling.
>>
>> The group of 268 former employees signed early retirement deals in 1998
>> and 2002 that gave them a cash payout and covered their health and life
>> insurance premiums. They sued the UI after the university changed the
>> benefits in 2007, requiring them to pay part of the premiums.
>>
>> "It's a contract," said Wileen Anderson, who retired from the registrar's
>> office under the most recent buyout. "And then to come back and say 'we
>> got ya.' We'll carry it to the Supreme Court."
>>
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>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
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