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's budget for next year brought out critics of all types, just as last year's did. Much of what they brought up -- concerns over issues such as cuts, financial aid, the cost of college and health-care premiums -- is standard stuff but always worth noting.

The address below stood out to me, though. It wasn't so much an employee complaining about the existence of layoffs, but 

In essence, employee Melanie Steinman claims the U treated 25 Office of Information Technology employees -- many of them longtime workers -- pretty shabbily when it laid them off. (Fourteen of those were in her union.)

In her address, she says the U held up the streamlining of that department as an example of reorganization earlier this year. I believe she's talking about 

The meat of her address is below. I've done some light editing:

Here's a copy of the full address, which was provided by the union:

Education News

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Alex Friedrich

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Yesterday’s public forum on the University of Minnesota‘s budget for next year brought out critics of all types, just as last year’s did. Much of what they brought up — concerns over issues such as cuts, financial aid, the cost of college and health-care premiums — is standard stuff but always worth noting. The address…

Did the University of Minnesota lay off employees in a dignified manner?

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