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by MITCH HEAD
LIFE Ass't News Editor
petitioners for a decertification
tflon spent the weekend
tusstng possibilities of an appeal
Michigan Employment Relations
Mission (MERC) ruling which
ired the petitions invalid.
Hyman Parker. MERC director,
Illustratively dismissed" the
[foris last week because of a
ideality in the wording of the
ition cards.
^e petition cards rend I am in
.or 0f having  an   election. . . ."
while Section 12 (a) of the Public
Employment Relations Act states
the employee must assert "the incumbent (bargaining agent) iax- no
longer a representative ... . "
Ernest Frey, MERC elections
director, told CM LIFE Friday there
"wouldn't be much point" in appealing the decision.
Frey said when a petition is
"administratively dismissed" therev
usually are no appeal rights granted
by MERC.
TERRY J. MROZ, attorney
representing the  petitioners,  said
"Everything's still in the Bubbling stages.. „ There's a
lot that can happen"-Ernest Frey, MERC official.
Friday MERC usually "will not
review cases which' have been administratively dismissed."
But Mroz indicated it would be
up to the petitioners to decide if they
wanted .to sperid the time, effort and
money in attempting an appeal.
"They will have to decide if they '
think it will be worth it," Mroz said.
"Right now we're in a 'holding
pattern'."
Mroz also explained how the
wording of the petition originated.
He said the petitioners consulted an
attorney, before they hired Mroz,
who instructed them on the wording.
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"Unfortunately," Mroz said, "his
advice was erroneous."
Faculty     Association    (FA)
President Robert Clason has sent a •
copy of the recently ratified contract
to MERC officials.
MERC officials then may
determine if the contract is in effect.
The FA plans to contend petitions
circulated by the American
Association of University Professors
(AAUP) are invalid because they
were delivered to MERC officials
after- the contract was signed, according to FA attorney Cliff Weiler.
The contract was signed Sept. 9
and AAUP members presented their
petitions to MERC officials Sept. 27.
"Everything's still in the
bubbling stage," Frey said. "I
wouldn't want to make any comments yet, There's a lot that can
happen."
George Stengren, one of the
leaders of the petition drive for an
election, said, "I think we may have
accomplished our goal. We proved
that the majority of the faculty want
an election."
"With all their (FA) talk of
democratic procedures," he said
"they are still ignoring the majority
of the faculty,"
A and administration
eet to discuss 'mini'
concerning   the
by STEVE MORSE
LIFE Managing Editor
|A meeting
iposed    mini-session     during
jristmas   break   between   the
tulty Association (FA) and the
ministration has been called,
I Neil S. Bucklew, vice president
Se SuitsB^m'nistrat'on' confirmed Friday
meeting will take place to discuss
SCjUISr Bproposed mini-session, which has
|« supported   by   signatures   of
more than 1,600 students.
There hasn't been a time set for
the mooting, Bucklew said, but it
may take place next week.
Bucklew will receive a letter
early this week from FA President
Robert G. Ciason officially
requesting the meeting to "discuss'
calendar and compensation aspects
of the session."
Any hopes of approval of the*1
proposed mini-session would have to
be made by Academic Senate,
Bucklew said,
"Academic Senate would have
to discuss the feasibility and wisdom
of the mini-session," he said, noting
he hoped the matter would be on the
Academic Senate's next agenda.
"It will be a major decision to
make," Bucklew added.     v
Clason said the FA wants to
make certain if there is a possibility
of   having   a   mini-session   during
break, it isn't hung up on anything
the faculty would have to do.
"The association is eager to
respond to student interest in such a
session," Clason said. "We want to
look at the possibilities first, though.
It's premature to advocate it,"
"We want to see " the implications of it," he added, "before
we take a stand,"
MARCH, TWO, THREE, FOUK-Representatives of 41 high school
bands participated in halftime activities during Saturday's football
game against Indiana State University.
ssociation to collect
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150 agency shop fee
by STEVE MORSE
LIFE Managing Editor
The controversial agency shop
will  become   collectable   this
irsday, Faculty Association (FA)
•sident Robert   G.   Clason   said
flay afternoon.
According to the FA contract,
agency shop debt,  which will
is non-union  faculty  members
iroximately $150, takes affect 60
s from the beginning of school.
And, according  to   Clason's
Nations,   the   day   to   begin
toting the debt is Thursday.
But non-union faculty members
»ldn't expect to see FA creditors
'king at their doors right away.
creditor has his prerogative as
hen he wants to collect a debt,"
said. "We'll be working out
the   details   and   giving  sufficient
warning to everyone."
The action has come on the heels
of the declared invalidity of petitions
calling for a decertification election.
The Michigan Employment
Relations Commission (MERC)
"administratively dismissed" the
petitions due to a technicality in
wording. '
The petitions, which had
collected more than half of the
faculty members signatures, had
temporarily set the union's future in
limbo as well.as the contract the FA
had negotiated. The decision to
declare the -petitions invalid,
however, had set things back on
"normal" ground and allowed the FA
to begin implementation of the
agreement.
Clason. who didn't learn of the
invalidity of the petitions unt^l
about 20 minutes prior, to Thursday
night's FA meeting, said the decision
surprised him, "We were already to
debate the three alternatives,"
Clason said, referring to the three
options the FA had concerning a
possible decertification election.
The letter from t MERC,
how.ever, changed the whole context
of the meeting and turned Clason's
attention toward enforcing' the
contract.
"There seemedtobeaconsensusat
the meeting," Clason said Friday
afternoon, "that we should implement the agency shop clause.
Since the association is a democratic
organization, I'm bound to enforce
what' the membership wants,"
Despite   the   quick   turn   of
events, however, Clason wasn't sure
if the faculty would rush to join the
FA or pay the agency shop fee.
"It's hard to tell whether they
(those opposed to the contract) will
say it's done or hold out," Clason
said. "I don't imagine they'll join
until they receive a letter from us,
though."
Other action was taken in
Thursday's meeting to begin implementation of the contract as well.
The FA voted to "immediately
convene" the faculty adjustment
committee organized to examine
salary inequities and approved a
motion to print legal notices in local
newspapers informing the faculty
about the agency shop debt.
Clason also was instructed to
send a letter to the administration
requesting a copy of the contract be
sent to all faculty ^members.
Neil S. Bucklew, vice president
for administration, when contacted
by CM LiIFE Friday, said copies of
the contract were in the process of
being  printed and  should   be
available soon. -
£iu mcc PHOTOS fiv CRAIG PORTER
BAND AND YOUTH DAY-Central'a Marching Chips     Although the turnout of students w^as not"as large as
take to the field with high school band members during    expected, "the day went very well and the people who
halftime of Saturday's football game. Thousands of high     did  come  enjoyed  themselves,"  according to  Karen
school and community college students were on campus     Landers, a member of Student Foundation,
to   participate   in   Band   and   Youth   Day   activities.
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