Danny,

At 12/10/2008 10:39 AM Wednesday, =?x-mac-roman?Q?Danny_Layne?= wrote:
>All APA Union Members should remember -- since the APA Union 
>leaders
negotiated away with the last contract what little 
>bumping rights we
previously had -- that a change in an 
>on-campus job (even one within our own
union) require ALL APA 
>members to undergo a 6-month "trial period" (or
longer if the 
>employer deems it necessary). Regardless of the 
>employee's
seniority, the APA union member can be laid off for 
>little ("doesn't fit")
or no reason (CBA, Article 8, Section 
>II). These are important
considerations, given the current 
>economic times; multiple long-term APA
Union members have 
>already lost their jobs this way since this went into
effect.

Um, this is not an APA message board, please post APA matters on the 
APA Discussion Forum, http://www.4msu.com/apa/phpBB3/ .

BTW, what's with all the "
" in there?  You might want to talk to 
your IT people and fix up your computer so that it can send properly 
formatted e-mail text.

-- dkm