1988-03-24. MUN Gazette, vol. 20, no. 13

              Gazette
Memorial University
of Newfoundland
Volume 20    Number 13
March 24, 1988
MUNFA chosen
as bargaining agent
The Memorial University Faculty Association (MUNFA) will represent
the university's faculty and librarians in
future labor negotiations. The results of
the recent union representation vote indicate that 58 per cent of those eligible
to vote want MUNFA to be their official bargaining agent.
The representation vote was ordered
by the Newfoundland Labor Relations
Board in a February 3 ruling. Voting
took place on February 16 and 18 in St.
John's and on March 1 on the Corner
Brook campus. Mail-in ballots were distributed to professors and librarians unable to vote on those dates due to
sabbatical and other types of leave. All
votes were counted on March 23, the
deadline for the receipt of the off-
campus ballots.
The labor board's ruling followed
almost two years of hearings into MUNFA's bid for union certification. In its
December 1985 application, MUNFA
proposed to represent professors, librarians, and laboratory instructors. The
university's administration opposed the
proposal, and sought the exclusion of
department heads from the bargaining
unit and the scheduling of a vote to determine the preference of faculty members and librarians. Objections were also
raised by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Association of Professional Engineers
(APEN), which sought to exclude their
members — laboratory instructors and
engineers. Hearings into the application
began in May 1986 and continued periodically until December 1987.
In its decision, the labor board determined the membership of the proposed
bargaining unit to include all half- and
full-time faculty and librarians; excluded were directors, department heads,
other executive and senior positions, and
Reiiu     ed geologi
to visit CERR
Dr. Kenneth R. McClay, one of the
world's leading researchers in the
field of applied structural geology, will
visit Memorial in 1989 as a Commonwealth Research Fellow. Working with
the Center for Earth Resources Research
(CERR), Dr. McClay will participate in
several collaborative research programs
emphasizing the application of modern
structural geology techniques to the
study of economic and strategic mineral deposits in eastern Canada.
Canadian Commonwealth Research
Fellowships bring to Canada, from
universities and research centers of other
Commonwealth countries, scholars of
established reputation for the benefit of
themselves, their countries, and their
Canadian hostsrEstablished in 1965, the
fellowship program is adminstered in
Canada by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
which makes available three such fellowships each year.
Upsurge in mineral exploration locally
CERR submitted a fellowship nomination under the program in November
1987, partially in response to the present
boom in mineral exploration and development of deposits in the Atlantic
region.
According to Dr. Tomas J. Calon, assistant professor of earth sciences,
"There is a growing awareness among
mineral explorationists of the importance of incorporating detailed structural analysis in exploration strategies."
In order to meet the resulting demand
employees covered by subsisting collective agreements.
Of the 811 who voted, 529 favored the
adoption of MUNFA as the official bar
gaining unit for the university's faculty
and librarians. The total number of
eligible voters in the bargaining unit was
902.
for research and training, CERR developed and proposed Dr. McClay's fellowship. During his eight months at
Memorial, Dr. McClay will contribute
to CERR's development of a mature
research program in applied structural
geology of mineral deposits, and will
create an interface between this field and
other geological and geophysical approaches to the study of mineral
deposits currently represented in CERR.
An active researcher, industrial consultant, and teacher, Dr. McClay has extensive experience in many fields of
modern structural geology, in particular as applied to the deformation of
mineral deposits. His work, which has
included research with the Geological
Survey of Canada in British Columbia
and Newfoundland, is leading to important refinements in defining mineral exploration strategies and mineral
potential assessment in prospective
areas.
He holds a B.Sc.(hons.) degree in economic geology from the University of
Adelaide, Australia, as well as the
degrees of M.Sc. and D.I.C. in structural geology and rocks mechanics, and
PhD in structural geology from the Imperial College, London. Dr. McClay is
currently a lecturer in the geology
department at the Royal Holloway and
Bedford New College, University of
London, at Egham in Surrey.
Gold deposits to be studied
Working closely with Dr. Calon and Dr.
Derek Wilton at CERR, and on a consultative basis with geologists of the Ge-
Cont'd. on pg. 2.
With the advice of Dr. Russell Harpur (R), director of the Student Health
Service, volunteer Rod Balsom answers a phone enquiry on the AIDS Info
Hotline, one of the informational activities taking place on campus during
AIDS Awareness Week, March 21-27. Sixty volunteers have been trained
to respond to calls to the hotline number, 364-AIDS. Other educational events
during the week include faculty /staff information sessions, a student forum
and a poster campaign. Dr. Harpur is the chairman of the Presidential Committee on AIDS which organized AIDS Awareness Week. The committee
is charged with educating the university community about AIDS and recommending university policy concerning the deadly disease.
INSIDE
Your BMI. Health instead of
fashion, focus of weight evaluation.
p. 2.
Grad students. National group lobbies for research councils, p. 3.
CSU presidents,_Memorial's are visible on the national scene, p. 4.
Save the books. The QE II hosts
preservation workshop, p. 8.