The Staff Fights Exploitation

Also in 1979, Dale Melcher and Arlene Avakian were involved in a class action lawsuit, initiated by Allen Davis from University Without Walls, against the university to gain proper compensation and benefits for work they were performing as university staff. Although holding full-time and long-term appointments, “03 staff” were classified as temporary/outside contractors, without benefits. The lawsuit was settled out of court and was successful in that these positions came to be compensated as permanent with benefits and the university could no longer hire 03 workers for more than three consecutive years.