Staff Circulates Petitions Protesting Pay Raises Assembly Condemns
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Daily Weather .Mostly rainy and warmer today. High In the 40s and 50s. Lows in the Teen 30s and 40s. Pullman, Washington Vol. LXXXIX No. 50 Established 1894 Friday, December 3, 1982 Daily Evergreen/Ernest N. Warfel Is it the jackhammer or the one who hammers? Is it the motorcycle or look at yesterday while Kasper was putting in a new water line by the the rider? Roger Kasper and Cory Oldham each found something to Bookie. Staff circulates petitions Assembly condemns protesting pay raises Morgan, Osterhout by Lynn Standerfer ary, said her department received a copy of the by Julie Wurth Evergreen Staff petition yesterday in the mail. Expressing con- Evergreen Staff cern about the petition because it came anony- Petitions, protesting the pay hikes recently mously through the mail, she said none of the The ASWSU president and vice president were told to stop meeting with athletic department given to three administrators, are being circu- members in her department will agree to sign officials and administrators unless other assembly members were ~present, in the ASWSU lated to offices throughout the university and it. Assembly meeting Wednesday night. local businesses. "I am sure if other departments receive it In a resolution, assembly members Brian Burnett, Colleen Cook, Bob Cushing, Conni Elliot The petitions begin with, "We, the under- they won't sign it," she said. and Mark Miller, advocated that ASWSU President Mike Morgan and ASW~U Vice President signed, protest the pay hikes the Board of However, a copy in the communications Glenn Osterhout stop meeting with the officials unless at least three Assembly members were Regents has granted to University President department has gained a dozen signatures so present. Glenn Terrell, Academic Vice President and far. Morgan told the Assembly, he, Osterhout and officials from the athletic department and Provost Albert C. Yates and Vice President of Secretaries in business administration, fine administration have been meeting this fall to discuss the athletic department's financial prob- Business and Finance G.A. 'Jay' Hartford ... " arts and the graduate school said their depart- lems. The petition started circulating Wednesday ments have not heard anything about the peti- "I think it's inevitable in the future there's going to be some charges (on students for athletic in response to the $5,000-$8,000 pay in- tion nor received it in the mail. event seating)," Morgan said. "They (the administration) have the final decision on everything. creases for each administrator approved by the Yates said he had not heard about the peti- You have to realize that." WSU Board of Regents at its Nov. 19 meeting. tion. He said not only will the top officials get Another resolution, sponsored by Burnett. asked the Assembly to take a stand against charging "In light of the budget problems and bur- raises, but so will all faculty and exempt staff. students admission to athletic events. dens leveled on faculty, staff and departments Yates said classified staff will not receive The Assembly will vote on the resolutions after more discussion. in the form of pay lag, lay offs and cut backs, raises since their salary decisions are made by Morgan stressed the discussion group was not set up to negotiate with the athletic department. the above pay hikes are inappropriate .... " the the state Legislature, not the university. Joe but only to discuss. petition continues. Wallace~ university employee union presi- "We're dealing with this situation differently than last year. It's not a direct negotiation Tom Twilligear, stock room attendant in the dent, said 93 of the 3,000 university staff situation like last year," Morgan said. cooperative extension building, said he and his members are classified as exempt. Morgan was referring to talks between the ASWSU Assembly and the athletic department last supervisor wrote the petition in hope that Wallace said the classified staff will only spring, when a contract was drawn up on student seating in Martin Stadium and Fnel Court. faculty and student concerns could be express- receive pay increases if the state Legislature Several Assembly members voiced concernsthat the discussion group would not give students ed to the regents. gives them a raise at its next meeting. a choice in the final decision on how much money, if any, students would pay to attend athletic Twilligear said he used to be an air pollution "I don't think the community understands events here. "I can absolutely, 100 percent, flat-out guarantee you're not going to get another contract this researcher for the univeristy, but this year was (about the pay increases)," Yates said, ex- forced to take a 38 percent cut in pay and a new plaining raises for the exempt staff and faculty year," Morgan told the Assembly. This year, Morgan said, neither group will sign anything, and the administration will have job as a stock room attendant. were allocated in the 1981-83 budget. Several people have helped distribute peti- Originally, a 3.1 percent merit pay increase final say on how the athletic department's financial problems will be resolved. tions, he said, adding he has given copies to was granted effective Oct. 1, 1982, along with "I'm concerned that letting the administration have the final decision ... would not be what the surplus stores and plans to give some to the another 7 percent general salary increase. students would want," said Sarah Roe, an at-large representative. motor pool and central stores. He said he Because of the budget cuts last year, the Morgan said the group will not only deal with student seating, but the athletic department's might make copies available in the CUB. Legislature postponed the 7 percent increase entire budget, which will be a change from last spring's negotiations. Some of the petitions give directions for the from October 1982 to February 1983 and again "I think we have to get over the idea ASWSU is the only body which deals with the athletic signed petition to be sent to the regents. until June 1,1983. department," Morgan said. ' . "Students are being asked for more and When the Legislature asked the university Student Legislative Liaison Paul Clay told the group the Assembly should try to negotiate WIth more money, faculty is being sacrificed in the to cut $4.5 million last summer, Yates said, the officials. form of taking leaves without pay," he said. the 3.1 percentincrease effective Oct. 1,1982 "What would happen now if the Assembly was to take on the decision and say 'Hey. wait a "It seems inconsistant that pay raises are being was postponed until January 1983. minute, those seats belong to us'?" Clay asked. given." After an annual salary review process, sal- Morgan said the Assembly could do that if it decided to. Not sure of the effect of his petition, Twil- ary recommendations are forwarded to Yates Roe asked Morgan if the Assembly had "already thrown away our decision-making rights in ligear said any action would be like "telling and he sets salaries for everyone except him- this issue." the state Legislature we didn't like what they self, Terrell and vice presidents Hartford and Morgan said the discussion group has not made a final decision on that. but added. "I can tell you right now, Sarah, I don't know of any way the Assembly can tell the administration we want it were doing and wanted to cut their pay. Stanton Schmid. "At least we are expressing ourselves. He said Terrell makes salary decisions for contract. " Dave Stelzer, a former Assembly member who came before the group as a "concerned Perhaps there is some power in petition." the other three, while the regents decide Ter- student," told Assembly members they needed to negotiate with the administration. 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