What Vern Cromartie, Professor of Sociology, and United Faculty Executive Board member, wrote to United Faculty VP Fritz Pointer in March 2005

"I am not responsible for statements made by anyone
else or for actions taken by anyone else. As you
know, your office mate, Jeffrey Michaels, was
interviewed by the Advocate and informed them that,
'If the union decided to go on strike, it will be
incredibly divisive.'

"That is Jeffrey's position, not mine."

Professor Cromartie was responding to VP Pointer's
concerns about, among other things, the lack of support from CCC
faculty for the efforts of the negotiating team of the time. Here's what
Fritz wrote:


> I appreciate the hard, dedicated work of Sue
> Shattuck, Irene Menegas and Mike Anker and they
> deserve better support and certainly less apathy and
> indifference than they seem to be getting. If CCC
> faculty maintains its present posture of illogic
> they deserve whatever cuts they get and then some.
> Again, an African Proverb is relevant here: "Those
> who are being carried cannot know the distance."
> CCC complacency, in particular, is one reason the
> District believes it can steamroll its policies over
> us. I'm getting tired of these rediculous attitudes
> and arguments already and I've only been a rep for a
> couple of months. It's amazing that Sue and Irene
> and Mike have stayed with it so long. Like the rest
> of the whiners "I just want to teach my classes."
> Boo, hoo hoo. "Why can't this just go away." Boo
> hoo hoo. Again, Sue and Irene my apologies for the
> indifference and suspeciousness of CCC faculty. No,
> I will not give up.
>
> Fritz