http://chancellor.wisc.edu/forum/2008/12/the-backdrop/ Join the conversation Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chancellor.wisc.edu/forum/2008/12/the-backdrop/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Mike Hardiman Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:04:26 +0000 http://chancellor.wisc.edu/forum/?p=24#comment-208 Closing the campus entirely on the day following Thanksgiving, and the "weekend tie day" when the Christmas/New Years holidays fall in the middle of the week would be a great Green measure that saves a substantial amount of money. This would require Union agreement to switch a few personal holidays to these days; but well worth the effort. Probably, 80-90% of employees take off those days, while we keep the entire campus fired up. Closing the campus entirely on the day following Thanksgiving, and the “weekend tie day” when the Christmas/New Years holidays fall in the middle of the week would be a great Green measure that saves a substantial amount of money. This would require Union agreement to switch a few personal holidays to these days; but well worth the effort. Probably, 80-90% of employees take off those days, while we keep the entire campus fired up.

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