We pour our hearts into making this college amazing. I want my inflation-adjusted salary to go up, not down, over time.
I signed because it took me 4 YEARS to earn ONE DOLLAR MORE PER HOUR. Without the possibility of increased compensation and upward mobility, employment at Bucknell is no longer attractive even WITH the benefits offered.
I am signing because I am tired of hearing about bad decisions that are being made. It is easy to balance the budget if you underpay workers but that is not sustainable for us; the Administration needs to do better planning so that employees don’t make less money as time goes on by working here. Bucknell can afford it, it just requires better management!
An organization is only as strong as its people.
Protect retiree health care!
We deserve real wage growth over time.
Equal pay and better benefits for everyone.
Honor and acknowledge our coworkers.
I care about Bucknell, having worked here for more than half my life (and I’m of retirement age). Bells and whistles may attract attention, but a University is only as good as its people. We deserve wages that rise with inflation. We deserve lives free of worry about hospital bills. We deserve a say in our collective future.
Cost of living is skyrocketing and indexing pay to CPI seems only sensible. I am signing because I am concerned about staff colleagues across the university in service roles who do not earn very large salaries and yet this university depends upon their work.
My wife and I just had our first child. Between a mortgage, daycare, healthcare, and other day-to-day expenses we have no room to breathe. I love the community at Bucknell, but if things continue at the current pace, both my wife and I will have to consider second jobs or leaving the area entirely.
Austerity never made any organization great. And austerity aimed at the heart and soul of the University, the faculty and staff who carry out its most essential work, is worse than counter-productive. It is downright destructive.
My real salary has declined for more than two decades. It’s time Bucknell stopped balancing its budget by cutting workers’ pay.
Everyone deserves better.
I work two side jobs and lead a modest lifestyle and am still struggling to financially provide for my family.
When I started at Bucknell twenty years ago, the university’s commitment to its employees and the community was clear. However, that commitment feels diminished between the rising cost of living and the potential loss of our benefits. It is becoming harder to reconcile the Bucknell of today with the institution that originally hired me.
One, of many, reasons that I took this job over 20 years ago was because of the retirement package. Give my retirement package back!
I work full time, live a very simple life, extremely budget conscious and yet I’m struggling to afford the essentials.
Sign the petition here — even if you signed last year, we need your signature to send a message!