AFT/Wisconsin President Jon Shelton addresses union leaders from Universities of Wisconsin campuses before the group briefly attended the Board of Regents meeting Thursday. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)
Universities of Wisconsin faculty and staff employees seeking a voice in UW operations have gained the ears of a number of UW regents, a union leader said Thursday, and want their request for recognition put on the Board of Regents agenda in October.
In March, American Federation of Teachers/Wisconsin leaders had hoped to confront the regents with their campaign to give faculty and staff employees a voice. Their efforts to meet in person thenwere thwarted…