Notre Dame Worker Says Her Wages, Conditions Fair - She Prefers Benefits to a Higher Starting Salary

From the South Bend Tribune:

SOUTH BEND -- Doris Housand has worked in food service at the University of Notre Dame since 1990, and she has no plan to look for work elsewhere.

She's pleased with her job and wages, and doesn't agree with student activists who are critical of Notre Dame's treatment of employees.

Members of the Campus Labor Action Project, a student group, are pushing the university to adopt a "living wage" of at least $12.10 per hour. Notre Dame's current starting wage (for a nontipped, full-time employee) is $8.13 per hour.

Housand said she believes the student activists are good-hearted, but naive.

"You can tell they are inexperienced in life. It's not their fault," said Housand, 41, of South Bend.

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If Notre Dame raised its minimum wage to $12 an hour, the university likely would have to reduce benefits, Housand said. She thinks $8.13 per hour as a starting wage is reasonable for many campus jobs.

Health benefits are the big pull. Housand said she doesn't think she could equal the pay and benefits if she sought employment elsewhere.

Housand said she receives four weeks of paid vacation and will receive five paid weeks when she reaches 20 years on the payroll.

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My Comments:
"You can tell they are inexperienced in life."

LOL! You tell 'em, Mrs. Housand. Ignorant do-gooders with no real experience in life doing more harm than good.

Besides, don't the children of Notre Dame employees also receive tuition breaks or something like that?