Wisconsin’s Republican majority is urging the Universities of Wisconsin to cut back on its diversity spending. The GOP has decided to block school employee pay raises until then.
Leaders of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature withheld pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees while approving raises for other state workers on Tuesday in an ongoing fight over the school system's diversity, equity and inclusion spending. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who co-chairs the Legislature’s employment relations committee, has promised to block pay raises for UW employees until the school system cuts its so-called DEI spending by $32 million.
There is one agency in state government that is allowed to create positions outside of the legislative process,' Vos said, referring to UW. 'When I talk to people, they do not want some kind of ideological agenda.' Rothman declined to discuss the status of negotiations with lawmakers. Committee member Sen. Howard Marklein, a Republican, broke away from Vos' position.
The local employees on our campuses should not be penalized for policy decisions made by leaders of the university system,' he said. The fight in Wisconsin reflects a broader cultural battle playing out across the nation over college diversity initiatives. Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis in Florida and Greg Abbott in Texas both signed laws this year banning the use of diversity, equity and inclusion measures in student admissions and staff employment decisions at colleges and universities.
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