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UNC-CH workers upset campus will close early for game

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

(Updated 10:51 am)

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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Some of the more than 11,000 workers at UNC-Chapel Hill are upset their work schedules are being altered to make room for a weeknight football game on the campus.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that university workers will go home two hours early Oct. 22 to accommodate the night game against Florida State University. State policy requires employees to make up the time.

Brenda Malone, UNC-CH vice chancellor, said workers can start a work day earlier, stay later or work through lunch that week.

Campus employee Richard Silc said hourly workers will be forced to juggle caring for children or elderly parents to accommodate the 60,000 fans expected for the football game.

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wtcecil

August 26, 2009 - 9:29 am EDT

There is a great idea, forget the workers that make the university a possibility. I mean come on, who wouldn't want to work through their lunch break? And if that doesn't work out, you can always just let your preschooler walk to school. Just another reason UNC-CH is the best school in NC.......

whyus

August 26, 2009 - 9:54 am EDT

11,000 Workers at UNC? That's almost 1 worker per student!!!

theclimaxan

August 26, 2009 - 11:36 am EDT

I hope that's a joke post. Chapel Hill has closer to 30,000 students give or take.

whyus

August 26, 2009 - 4:33 pm EDT

My apologies. 1 employee for every 3 students. What other business in the world would have 1 employee for every three customers? Only in Government!

westronandnan@aol.com

August 26, 2009 - 9:55 am EDT

Wow! What a terrible imposition. Two whole hours. I suppose one might be thankful for a job in this economy and quit whining about such a trivial matter. Just a suggestion.

pragmatist

August 26, 2009 - 9:59 am EDT

Wow. Having to work through lunch some day. Oof. Man, that's rough. It's all Obama's fault, clearly.

dartjim55

August 26, 2009 - 10:25 am EDT

Is that 11000 just CH, or is it all campuses? That does seem like a lot of people for one campus. If they don't want to make up the time, they should quit and let someone else have their job.

Billy

August 26, 2009 - 10:55 am EDT

One could read into this that these 11,000 positions obviously are not that important, how about cutting some fat!
But on the lighter side to retaliate just leave your job as requested (but don't give up your parking space) walk around campus for a few hours and watch the people looking for parking, by half time Florida State will be leading and 40,000 so called fans will go home, then go back to work....

whyus

August 26, 2009 - 11:25 am EDT

Sounds like a plan Billy. However, now that the cat's out of the bag, UNC will have to beef up their police presence to check for parking violators....2000 more employees.