[Magdalen] Pray for GTS today

[Heather Angus]

Yes, the "back story" is surely as juicy as the "front story" we've been
reading at Episcopal Cafe and other places. Let us in on it, Jim G.

Heather

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:41 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
> wrote:

> "I get the impression that no one here has paid any mind regarding the back
> story at  gts."
>
> Do by all means fill us in.  Of was that you, wondering if anyone does in
> fact have the "back story."
>
> So which is it?
>
> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: James Oppenheimer
> >
> >  I think he has put his finger on the crux of the matter.  Also, I will
> not
> >> be surprised to discover that gts has been in worse shape than they
> wanted
> >> to admit, and it was either going to sink or make major, major changes,
> >> including massive pay cuts.
> >>
> >
> > Certainly the financials are terrible. I do not know what the faculty is
> > paid, and anything regarding that is really "out there" speculation. And
> > it's unlikely they will get others at much lower compensation levels in
> the
> > middle of Manhattan -- that's one of the reasons that New York City is so
> > economically vibrant in the first place.
> >
> >  And what better way to cut wages than to provoke the faculty into
> cutting
> >> their own throats?
> >>
> >
> > People who actually live on this planet don’t go out on "strike" when
> it's
> > not a matter of labor law with a union contract. The faculty may have
> some
> > romantic notion of themselves as miners or autoworkers or steelworkers,
> but
> > one would actually expect them to see themselves as professionals.
> >
> > Bishop Dietsche's response (and Bishop Stoke's)  are helpful. I suspect
> > that if the faculty had backed away from their "non negotiable demands"
> > that the resolution for provisional reinstatement would have been
> > unconditional.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim Guthrie
> >
>