For School Employes . . .
Wage Problems Discussed
By CRAIG CHAPMAN
The recent Poor People's
March and last year's
demonstrations at Duke
University have focused
increasing attention on the wage
scales of non-professional
workers on college campuses.
At Guilford the problem is
increasingly complex, since
unlike Duke, it has no incisive
endowment to fall back on. In
fact, it is increasingly difficult
for many small private liberal
arts colleges such as Guilford to
continue in operation.
This problem is due to the
spiraling per capita cost of
educating a small number of
students and the continued
stinginess of the general public
toward education. Despite this
background, in recent years it
has grown increasingly popular
for outsiders to blame college
administrators for the failure of
their respective institutions to
pay non-professional workers
the $3,000 to $3,600 yearly
income they needed to stay
above the poverty level.
Employes on the Guilford
College campus are paid from
$1.25 to $1.75 an hour (the
average is $1.40) for a maximum
42-hour week. In addition the
college offers such
non-unionized personnel a group
insurance rate, six paid holidays,
a week's paid vacation, several
days off at Christmas, and a
week's sick leave. If an employe
lasts ten years at his job, his paid
vacation is increased to 11 days.
(Continued on page 3)
A I HASH Y JOB-A member of
the college maintenance crew
dumps trash in front of "the
section of selection" at Cox
Dormitory.
Craig Chapman was a staff writer for The Guilfordian, Guilford College's student newspaper, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He graduated with the class of 1971.
Subject headings
Guilford College
Topics
Race relations at Guilford College
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
In this October 18, 1968 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, writer Craig Chapman reports on wage issues for non-professional employees at the college which were largely African American, thus framing the issue in terms of discrimination and civil rights.
Type
text
Original format
clippings
Original dimensions
11.25" x 16"
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College
Language
en
Contributing institution
Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College
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Object ID
GUI_GuilfordianCRG.0799
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
For School Employes . . .
Wage Problems Discussed
By CRAIG CHAPMAN
The recent Poor People's
March and last year's
demonstrations at Duke
University have focused
increasing attention on the wage
scales of non-professional
workers on college campuses.
At Guilford the problem is
increasingly complex, since
unlike Duke, it has no incisive
endowment to fall back on. In
fact, it is increasingly difficult
for many small private liberal
arts colleges such as Guilford to
continue in operation.
This problem is due to the
spiraling per capita cost of
educating a small number of
students and the continued
stinginess of the general public
toward education. Despite this
background, in recent years it
has grown increasingly popular
for outsiders to blame college
administrators for the failure of
their respective institutions to
pay non-professional workers
the $3,000 to $3,600 yearly
income they needed to stay
above the poverty level.
Employes on the Guilford
College campus are paid from
$1.25 to $1.75 an hour (the
average is $1.40) for a maximum
42-hour week. In addition the
college offers such
non-unionized personnel a group
insurance rate, six paid holidays,
a week's paid vacation, several
days off at Christmas, and a
week's sick leave. If an employe
lasts ten years at his job, his paid
vacation is increased to 11 days.
(Continued on page 3)
A I HASH Y JOB-A member of
the college maintenance crew
dumps trash in front of "the
section of selection" at Cox
Dormitory.
