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.'.' February 26, 1999 Memorial University of Newfoundland Volume 49, Number 17 Stipends represent preferential treatment: CUPE University says union misunderstood the issue, unfairly singled out employees By JEANETTE TAYLOR Allegations of preferential treatment and secret tactics in handing out salary adjustments have sparked a war of words between the university and one of its unions. . When news got out earlier this month that non-union staff working in the offices of the president and vice-presidents were receiving stipends of $ 1,500 to $2,500 a year, apparently to coverincreased work-loads, representatives ofthe Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said that represented preferential treatment. About 200 members of CUPE local 1615, the union representing technical and instructional staff at the university, Council gives CHMR new budget plan Reducing CSU grant, increasing fundraising revenue could have uncertain consequences: Rollmann By AMANDA LABONTE A new funding plan adopted by the CSU may prove devastating for Memorial's campus radio station, say station representatives. A CSU committee reviewing CHMR's finances recommended a five-year plan that would reduce the council's operating grant to the station by about $15,000. But the report also proposed fundraising alternatives that could see the station's total operating budget increase by roughly $8,000 over those same five years. Councillors voted to adopt the report at a Feb. 17 meeting. CHMR currently operates on a $54,500 budget which is funded almost entirely by the CSU. The report projects that by 2002-03 the council's grant will be reduced to$37,900 while thestation would receive $24,100 from other sources, brining its total operating budget to $62,000. Suggested sources of revenue include airing teligious programming, CD sales, . government grants and funding from the university. Hans Rollmann, program director of CHMR, says by reducing the station's stable source of funding and replacing it with unstable sources, the report could have devastating effects. "We're already running a bare bones radio station," he said. "We're one of the cheapest in Canada and you can't cut a bare bones organization any more without any guarantee that you'll get extra revenue to make up the slack." The review committee was established a month ago after members of CHMR, complaining they weren' t getting consistent answers about the station's future, packed the Jan. 20 council meeting. Brett Dawe, vice-president external ofthe CSU, chaired the committee. He says the uproar started because of certain questions he raised that people misinterpreted as a desire to shut down the station — something he adds is not true. "I supported CHMR, I still do, but I don't support it to the end that we have to slash and cut our budget • Please see "CRTC'page 4 protested the matter outside the Arts and Administration Building on Feb. 11. "We just wanted to make sure that al 1 employees on campus were aware ofthe employeraction,"said CUPE spokesperson Bryan Farewell. "Not that we could do anything about legally preventing it, but just to make sure that the university was also put on notice that the employees of the university don't think that the university is behaving in a manner that is consistent with all their employees." Farewell says the university just went through a round collective bargaining negotiations in which all university employees weresup- posed to be put a single pay scale. "They are asking employees to buy into this concept [of a single scale] and yet they just turn right around and augment eight employee salaries in a discretionary manner," he said. "I think you lose your total credibility by that, and the [CUPE] workers wanted to point that out to the university management and to make sure the employees on campus were aware of it." • Please see "Union"page 9 Two students enjoy an unseasonally warm Monday with a alongsidethe Science Building. Photo by David Laidley MUN group demonstrates against fur By DALE C. HAYNES A small but determined group of protesters braved the chilly weather Feb. 13 to promote the rights of animals. Memorial University Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (MUNSETA) held a silent protest in front of Vogue Furriers on Water Street. The group was founded by second-year biology student Julianna Barry in October 1998. It is currently recog nized by the CSU; but will not become a ratified society until next year. The group's main goal, says Barry, is to make the university community and the general public "aware of the unethical treatment of animals." The group is also campaigning to make animal dissections in science labs optional for students. Barry says she is a firm believer that any student at Memorial who does not wish to participate in animal dissections should not feel compelled to do so. Fellow protesters Kim Power and Jennifer Turner agree. Power, a fourth-year biology student, says she joined the protest "to help raise awareness that the use of fur is unnecessary." Turner, a third-yearbiology student, adds that fur in today's society has become "a symbol of materialistic wealth." Although such groups have in- • Please see "Group"page 4 Careers@
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Transcript | .'.' February 26, 1999 Memorial University of Newfoundland Volume 49, Number 17 Stipends represent preferential treatment: CUPE University says union misunderstood the issue, unfairly singled out employees By JEANETTE TAYLOR Allegations of preferential treatment and secret tactics in handing out salary adjustments have sparked a war of words between the university and one of its unions. . When news got out earlier this month that non-union staff working in the offices of the president and vice-presidents were receiving stipends of $ 1,500 to $2,500 a year, apparently to coverincreased work-loads, representatives ofthe Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said that represented preferential treatment. About 200 members of CUPE local 1615, the union representing technical and instructional staff at the university, Council gives CHMR new budget plan Reducing CSU grant, increasing fundraising revenue could have uncertain consequences: Rollmann By AMANDA LABONTE A new funding plan adopted by the CSU may prove devastating for Memorial's campus radio station, say station representatives. A CSU committee reviewing CHMR's finances recommended a five-year plan that would reduce the council's operating grant to the station by about $15,000. But the report also proposed fundraising alternatives that could see the station's total operating budget increase by roughly $8,000 over those same five years. Councillors voted to adopt the report at a Feb. 17 meeting. CHMR currently operates on a $54,500 budget which is funded almost entirely by the CSU. The report projects that by 2002-03 the council's grant will be reduced to$37,900 while thestation would receive $24,100 from other sources, brining its total operating budget to $62,000. Suggested sources of revenue include airing teligious programming, CD sales, . government grants and funding from the university. Hans Rollmann, program director of CHMR, says by reducing the station's stable source of funding and replacing it with unstable sources, the report could have devastating effects. "We're already running a bare bones radio station," he said. "We're one of the cheapest in Canada and you can't cut a bare bones organization any more without any guarantee that you'll get extra revenue to make up the slack." The review committee was established a month ago after members of CHMR, complaining they weren' t getting consistent answers about the station's future, packed the Jan. 20 council meeting. Brett Dawe, vice-president external ofthe CSU, chaired the committee. He says the uproar started because of certain questions he raised that people misinterpreted as a desire to shut down the station — something he adds is not true. "I supported CHMR, I still do, but I don't support it to the end that we have to slash and cut our budget • Please see "CRTC'page 4 protested the matter outside the Arts and Administration Building on Feb. 11. "We just wanted to make sure that al 1 employees on campus were aware ofthe employeraction,"said CUPE spokesperson Bryan Farewell. "Not that we could do anything about legally preventing it, but just to make sure that the university was also put on notice that the employees of the university don't think that the university is behaving in a manner that is consistent with all their employees." Farewell says the university just went through a round collective bargaining negotiations in which all university employees weresup- posed to be put a single pay scale. "They are asking employees to buy into this concept [of a single scale] and yet they just turn right around and augment eight employee salaries in a discretionary manner," he said. "I think you lose your total credibility by that, and the [CUPE] workers wanted to point that out to the university management and to make sure the employees on campus were aware of it." • Please see "Union"page 9 Two students enjoy an unseasonally warm Monday with a alongsidethe Science Building. Photo by David Laidley MUN group demonstrates against fur By DALE C. HAYNES A small but determined group of protesters braved the chilly weather Feb. 13 to promote the rights of animals. Memorial University Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (MUNSETA) held a silent protest in front of Vogue Furriers on Water Street. The group was founded by second-year biology student Julianna Barry in October 1998. It is currently recog nized by the CSU; but will not become a ratified society until next year. The group's main goal, says Barry, is to make the university community and the general public "aware of the unethical treatment of animals." The group is also campaigning to make animal dissections in science labs optional for students. Barry says she is a firm believer that any student at Memorial who does not wish to participate in animal dissections should not feel compelled to do so. Fellow protesters Kim Power and Jennifer Turner agree. Power, a fourth-year biology student, says she joined the protest "to help raise awareness that the use of fur is unnecessary." Turner, a third-yearbiology student, adds that fur in today's society has become "a symbol of materialistic wealth." Although such groups have in- • Please see "Group"page 4 Careers@ |
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