IUPUI has outsourced our bookstore and cafeteria, among other facilities. Now, the IU Board of Trustees has proposed to outsource our parking, which could result in increased parking fees, a cut in pay and benefits to parking staff, and a loss of accountability. We, the undersigned, demand that the IU Board of Trustees:
- Keep management of parking facilities under the control of IU
- Privatization deals should be put to campus-wide referendum on any IU campus affected
- Make all information related to past, current, and future privatization deals publicly available:
- Projected cost for students and university employees
- Independent audit of all existing contracts
- All IU Board of Trustee members' employers, affiliations, and any other corporation/
organziation in which they have a vested interest
Keep it campus controlled. Privatizing everything is just gonna lead to a headache for everyone who drives to class.