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(Editor's Note: The following w
im first of a two-part series on the
Sum °f coUective bar9ainin9 at
fLtral The first pari deal* with
Witts leading up to ratification of
Hit   Faculty    Assdciation     as
\nrgwing Wnt< the seC01^ PaTl
cover what has happened since
lUe signing of the first collectively
\teSoMed contract.)
byLORETTAPIZZO
LIFE Ass't. News Editor
Tuesday's closed session talks
■between faculty and administration
■negotiating teams mark ' 'the
■beginning of the third round of
■collective bargaining at Central. ,
1 Collective bargaining. What is it
111 about? Where and when did it all
]    it got started  right  here,  at
jcMU. Central was the first single-
Lipus. four-year institution in the
Jistion   to    have    a    collective
Bargaining contract with its faculty.
Tit the   time    (1970),    the    City
University of New  York  (CUNY)
*as the only institution of higher
Education with an existing faculty
[collective bargaining agreement.
fence then, an additional 210 colleges
Ld universities have named agents
represent   them   in    collective
(bargaining,   according   to   "The
*
Chronicle of Higher Education? Nov.
26. 1978.
And also since then, Central has
completed its first one-year contract,
negotiated a three-yea* contract
(which terminates June 20), and is
about to begin bargaining talks
again,
gaining has roots at CMU
/
Growing pates
Once more, as the two teams
draft the contract, they also will be
drafting another chapter in the
history of collective bargaining in
higher education. The two histories,
that of-Central, and of bargaining
itself, are much the same. According
to some people, CMU1 has influenced
collective   bargaining   in    colleges
more than any other four-year in*
stitution.
How did it happen that Central
found, itself in such a role?
According to Sherman L.
Rkards, associate professor of
sociology and . anthropology and
president of the Faculty'
Association, it all started back in the
1960's. As he relates it, Central was
a University with growing pains.
Just granted university status in
1959, it was an institution undergoing "great expansion." Part of
the expansion included the appearance of a growing number of
"young, vigorous faculty members.*'
Along with the younger members!
Central's   faculty  included   several
"long-time residents," teachers who
had been here between 25 and 40
year*.
As   the    enrollment,   budget,«
faculty   and    bureacracy    all   increased,   Ricards. says,   Central
became  an, "increasingly  unhappy
campus."
"The   first   few    years   were
uneventful," he said, "but by 1962
a,iudents   were   having   difficulties
with' the  administration  and- ours
was a very unhappy young faculty.
They focused on their uhhappiness
with   the   administration   and   the '
University Senate."
'    He explained the structure of,
the University Senate at the time'
tended  to  result  in  only   popular
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Volume 55 No. 69
Monday, March 25/1974
CM LIFE PHOTO BY RICK MCKAY'
ELLINGTON CONCERT BEST YEIVThe Duke Ellington concert
was judged one of the best concerts so far this year even though Duke
didn't perform. 74-year-old Ellington, was Unable to perform because of
illness. A Central music instructor, Joan Wildman, sat in for him at the
piano to make the highlight Of the evening.
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30 student members desired
Witiori drive aims to increase A -Send te sea ts
by TERRI BURKHARDT
LIFE Staff Writer
A concerted effort to increase
|{ number of student Academic
Pnte its will begin today in the .
ol a "Students ior...Effectim.._
presentation" petition ^driveT
filleted by the Students -for
|«lents party.
_ The  purpose   of  the   petition
We is to increase the number of
student Academic Senate seats, from
•six to 30 and, to increase the
educational awareness of Academic
Senate for students.
"By  fulfilling  these  two  purposes we feej the effectiveness of
Academic Senate will be improved
immensely for the entire University.
We are disappointed no action has
been taken by Academic Senate
regarding the increase of number of
Sections approach
for president, vp
Silabl,
Petitions will be available next
** for the positions of student
^president and vice" president ^
'^gram Board representatives,
Wions Director Steve Salowitz
Wunced.
Although' petitions   won't   be
T« until April 3 in the Student
TOnment offices, Salowitz made
announcement early so students
give   "serious   thought"   to
|J">g for the available positions.
sides the positions of student
^President and vice president
7**111 be 15 open Program Board
"*• including class repr-esen-
and   at-^ large   positions,
' »*id. All candidate* fortius   .
W must be full-time students,
'* 2.0  or above gride point
m* and   not   be   on   social ,:
fa. Elections wmbfc f§$M*i
election revisions adopted last
semester, including the 48-hour
. waiting period for errors. The
revisions say if an error is. made in
tabulation, the election results will
not be .released until the error is
corrected.       ■;   ,   "'
;' "If rumors develop it'is the
students who developed them who
. will have to answer to th«?m. I feel
.the revisions we made have to be
tried and if.anything goes wrong
that is' the price we have to pay,"
Salowitz *as<L    ■,-■■>-
"I also checked-into the checkoff roster' ide&tbut. decided to stick
with students presenting IP cards to
vote'. ID cards are convenient and
students Wt) be |bie to vote
anywhere they Want. The only way a
rosti|r4wo#<S work is it we had a
central polling -foatfen- and hardly
^nfWP1^ w:ere
student seats," said Pat Coe,
Lainsburg junior, and party
representative.
"Academic Senate must come to
the realization that students are the
Jtuinjiej^pj!_. recipients- _of.. the_
educational decisions made in
Academic Senate. We pose this
question: how can the number one
direct recipient—the students—be
excluded from the decision making
process? We are too important to be
represented in a tokenistk; fashion,"
he said.
"Academic Senate is the decision
making body on this campus and its '
decisions affect the entire University
community.
' "Six students cannot effectively
represent 14,00,0 student views. Our
petition drive will provide a stimulus
to Academic Senate. Some will argue
SSenate meeting
features speakers
, Student Senate will meet at 8:10
tonight in Pejurce 135. A'gendgytertis
include two„ special speakers; Environmental Services representative
Tom' Herter, and a representative;
from Program Board to speak about.'
Trivia Week. Officer and committee
reports will be presented. ,
Tworesolutbmu'also arVon the
agenda, one calling -for letters' of
recommendation  for  members  of
that quality is better than quantity,
* but the interest this petition, drive
will generate will provide the quality
and quantity desired by all, most
importantly the students," said Brad
_Wick, Grand Rapids junior and
Student' fof™B"tudehts . party
representative.
The Students for Students
party hopes to get between 6,000
add 8,00 signatures on theit1
petitions. They will-have tables set
vsp outside the Reservation Tuesday
through Thursday♦ go door-to-door
and contact student organizations in
efforts to reach their goal.
. The petitions will be presented
to Academic Senate at its next
regularly' scheduled meeting and
they are asking that body to have
"some type of definite response" by
May 1. If Academic Senate rejects
the petitions they will present them
to the^ Board of Trustees.
' When asked if the petition drive
could be considered a political move
both Wick ana Coe agreed it might
be by some. <
!'We could refute it by the fact
We are running for the highest
'political offices in Student Government. We are not elected yet but we
are trying to get things doiie now,"
Coe said.
"This   will   be   part   of   our
program  but' our   campaign   will
exemplify   out   administration,
whether we are' elected or not. the '
issue must be decided now," Wick
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SwH* aaid he will ftlfp,'tiNr**
lHltoav«£'sa*w*- ' ■ ■*    ■
StudentGovernmentand one calling*. said. *
Sot $,600 to/be;.;aaibeatea to. the.    .. "The students' have been riding
rpawietf houswg^^ , Juvthe back1 of the bus too long, we
meetings are open to* the public.    '■' now want the fronfcseat" Coe added.
persons being elected. "As a result,
political activists were at a disadvantage,"; he said. "There was no
forum for the young. Some of them
joined the American Association of
University Professors (AAUP). The
Michigan- Higjher Education
Association (MHEA) local chapter
never met, never did anything and
was conservative anyhow," he
added. (Membership in the MEA
was a part of the faculty contract at
the time.) Soon, Richards said, the
"unhappiness" became so extensive
that "large numbers of faculty
members" went elsewhere to teach.
' In 1964, prompted by pressure
from the faculty, President Judson
W. Foust launched a drive to
reorganize the University Senate.
Following the reformation of the
senate into what is now called
Academic Senate, things "eased up
some," according to Ricards.
"Oh,    there    were    still    con-
frontations sporadically," he explained, "but things * were more
under the surface."    '
Faculty unionization   ,
Then came the legal stage-
setting for college faculty
unionization. The legislature
changed the Hutchison Act dealing
with unionization to allow government and public employees .to
unionize. "Teachers in'kindergarten
through high school flocked to
unionize," Ricards explained. "And
that paved the way for college
unions."
Talk of a union here started .in
the late 1960*s, he said,,and the idea
spread in popularity when the administration refused to give five
faculty members their raises .as
scheduled in their contract.
"That," Ricards said, "was the
straw .that broke the camel's back."
(See 'CMU Bargaining'. . . page,8)
Contract talks
to begin Tuesday
Bargaining for a new contract between the University and the CMU
^Faculty Assdciation.agent for the more than 600 faculty members Jiere, wilj
get Under wayiat 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The meeting between the two bargaining teams will mark the beginning
of talks for the'third agreement the Faculty Association has^negotiated with
the CMU administration. The meeting is slated as a ground rules session and
is not expected to last long.
Silch things as when and where the teams will meet, news releases, a
tentative timetable for negotiations and who will be allowed at the table are
the types of issues usually discussed, according to Neil Buckjew, vice
president for administration and chief administrative negotiator.
Bucklew said in the past, bargaining sessions averaged two each week
with negotiators meeting for two or three hours each time. "At times, there
were more concentrated sessions of course and the teams met every day," he
said. '..■■■"■•■
The administrative team will bring up the issue of including students in
the bargaining process in some way, but cannot make a unilateral decision on
that point; Bucklew explained. ■    v „     _ -
Expected items, to be bargained include every item in the present
agreement, plus "other items" which have not been disclosed.
All bargaining sessions Will be closed meetings.
S-Senate works
by TERRI BURKHARDT
l LIFE Staff Writer
Student Senate Constitutional Committee' met in another three hour
session last Thursday and completed most of the legislative branch structure
of the Student Body Constitution.
The Constitutional Committee was charged with studying and combining two constitutions (A and B) presented to Senate earlier this semester.
The Student Body Constitution has to be approved by Senate and then
accepted by the student body. The new constitution is expected to be on the
April 26 student body presidential ballot. '
The committee' approve-article I (the legislative branch) with the exception of student organizational funding. Some controversy did develop •
over the Student Assembly (Senate) approving rules of procedure.
Section 6 of the legislative branch reads:'"the Student Assembly shall
approve rules of procedure by a two thirds vote of the Assembly at thO
second regular meeting." Student body vice president Zigmond Kozicki was
against the two thirds vote, "We should accept them as they are and later if '
there is debate change them, but we need them as a starting point," he said.'
"The rules of procedure aren't that volatile," Off-Campus 'Senator Dave,
Niven said. "They usually are followed-verbatim.;'
"We are demolishing the Assembly before it starts. This would just
open-the door for future problems. Years from now it could factionalize
people who would use it as a power implement," Kozicki said.
The .committee voted to accept Section 6 as is.
Other changes in the legislative branch include who has the power to .
call special meetings—the President of the Student Body, the Speaker of the
Assembly and one third of the voting members of Assembly; Assembly .
representatives can create committees with two-thirds approval ol,
Assembly.instead of majority approval and the speaker pro-tem has to be .
elected by the third regular Assembly meeting.
The section on student organization funding' which says "any student.
organization receiving university funds shali be funded through, Student
Assembly" and then lists procedures to be followed, was tabled until the',
next meeting. ,
The move came after it was learned the Committee on Student
Organizations (CSO), concerned with fund'allocations, would probably make
its report public next week. Since Student Senate long has requested to be
the fund allocating body and' since the possibility exists it could be, the
committee decided to wait for the CSO report.
. After the committee finished with the legislative branch they returned
to the executive branch which they previously accepted, excluding the
Executive Board concept. " . ^
Constitution B did not include a provision for the Executive Board but
Constitution.A did. The Executive Board currently, is provided for and Iti*
main purpose. is< to set agendas lor Senate. Members of the Executive Board
are the-president of. the student body.^the vice president, the treasurer,
three senators -and the senate president pro tern.
Theresas much discussion as to whether there would be an Executive
Board'in the hew constitution. Senate President Pro-tem Cam Davis, was in1
favor of the Executive Board since they set agendas and also wanted to add '
the duty of settling constitutional disputes as one of its functions. ' "
Brad Wick, Qrand Rapids junior, and one of the sponsors of Constitution
B, said, "Our constitution does not provide for an Executive Board and I ani
amazed Cam is not in agreement, since he wrote a large portion of our* ■
4Sr'c 'Semite constitution'. . . pag» 81
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