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University of Wisconsin System, union clash over access to staff

A University of Wisconsin System vice president has demanded union organizers stop contacting academic staff at work to discuss job conditions and descriptions.

Kennedy said Monday that the workers can decide whom they want to talk with, and when, and that the system is trying to intimidate employees at an institution where discussions about unions have been “going on in the hallways for decades.” The visits, he said, will “likely continue.”

Crist, however, said the system wonâ??t allow it.