Employees Revolt Over Layoffs at U. of New Mexico Press

by E Wayne Ross on April 1, 2009

The Chronicle News Blog: Employees Revolt Over Layoffs at U. of New Mexico Press

Employees at the University of New Mexico Press learned yesterday that three of their colleagues would be let go at the end of April and that nine more positions — in order fulfillment and customer service — might soon be outsourced. That kind of news is all too common these days. More unusual is what happened next: This afternoon, the employees issued their own press release, alleging that the press’s director, Luther Wilson, was partly to blame for the situation. They also questioned whether outsourcing could solve the press’s financial woes.