Word: butlering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Butler said she had been given tasks, such as training new employees, that were above her paygrade. According to her union contract, when an employee does work above their paygrade, management is required to raise the worker’s level of pay. However, when Butler complained she said she was “no longer allowed to perform some of the functions (she) had been able...
...Butler also complained about increased supervision on the job and difficulty in advancing. She said that she had been told that her “job wasn’t going anywhere” by her superiors, which she said she believed meant that there was not going to be any room for promotion or advancement...
Another point of contention for Butler is her department’s restrictions on receiving release time for enrolling in continuing education classes in library skills, such as book-binding...
...Butler pointed to other incidents of inequality, including a female coworker with a higher library science degree being supervised by a male who earned more money but didn’t have the degree...
...Butler said that public involvement could be very helpful to her case. “When negotiations fail, we normally result to public action which we feel gets good results,” she said...