Universities of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal Saturday reached with Republicans that would have given employees a pay raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

The regents voted 9-8 during an emergency meeting to reject the deal reached Friday after being brokered by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.

“I don’t like this precedent,” Regent Dana Wachs said during the meeting. “We need to make this a welcoming environment.”

  • @xkforce
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    11 months ago

    Republicans are assholes.

    • @0110010001100010
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      I’d be perfectly happy if they were only assholes and not trying to actively dismantle democracy in the US.

  • @Bonesince1997
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    Republicans always appear as terrorists when making deals like this. Fuck these people.

  • PugJesus
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    3211 months ago

    Dixiecrats all over again. “We like helping WHITE people!”

    • girlfreddy
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      1411 months ago

      I keep wondering when some Klan photos are gonna show up with the GOP front and center.

      • Alto
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        1511 months ago

        What do you think flaunting their association with organizations like proud boys is the modern day version of

  • @chitak166
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    2011 months ago

    given employees a pay raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

    How the fuck are these two things even related?

    • @logicbomb
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      It seems bigotry played no small part, as well.

  • ares35
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    911 months ago

    watch the gerrymandered-to-hell-and-back republican assembly try to fire some of the uw regents.