Union Charges Unfair Practices by KATHY CARNEY Grievances Are First Handled by an UBC Personnel Director John Employee's Immediate Superior
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Plants against the sunrise .. UBC through the eye of an early bird ... a production of The Ubyssey's Dirk Visser. Union charges unfair practices By KATHY CARNEY grievances are first handled by an UBC personnel director John employee's immediate superior. McLean will meet Friday with If an agreement is not reached 17-year employee Jeanne Paul to at that stage, he said, the dispute discuss her job status at the goes up the university university. bureaucracy until it reaches the Paul was asked Sept. 30 for her department head and McLean for resignation from her job as 18 a final joint settlement. administrative assistant to the Vol. LIU, No. 13 VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1971 «^p»> 228-2301 Lowe also said present benefits given to UBC employees would be dean of science faculty. approved, the personnel office employee who gets into the same discuss unionization. preserved in writing and that the The request was made after will attempt to find her another situation. Lowe said there has been a workers would have "an increased Paul attended a union organizing position within the university. The dispute between the union favorable response to the voice in salary and promotions." meeting Sept. 28 sponsored by Lowe warned that the union and the UBC administration organizing attempts. A meeting of university local 15 of the Office and will lay an unfair labor practices appears to stem from a major When asked to give reasons employees interested in Technical Employees Union. charge against UBC before the organizing drive on campus during why employees should join the unionization will be held at 5:30 OTEU spokesman Bill Lowe provincial Labor Relations Board the past two weeks. union, he said: "Primarily because p.m. today at the Ironworkers charged Wednesday that Paul was if Paul is dismissed and requests- The administration is their salaries are lower than they Hall, 2415 Columbia. asked for her resignation for assistance. attempting to stifle union would be if they were members of union activities. He said the union is willing to organizing by refusing employees a union." Paul said she had been given no do the same for any university the right to meet on campus to McLean told The Ubyssey that reasons for the request. She 60 clubs out refused to speculate on them. The recommendation for her for members dismissal was made by acting The Alma Mater Society's science dean Robert Scagel. Campus shutdown continues annual clubs day is being held Reasons for the recommendation MONTREAL (CUPI) - Faculty members at the of Public Employees continue negotiations with the today in SUB. have been given to McLean in a University of Montreal have reaffirmed their administration. Sixty of the 120 written report but he is refusing support for the school's 1,000 non-academic The university administration claims it cannot AMS-sponsored clubs will be to release the contents. employees who walked off their jobs last week. meet the union's wage demands because of financial participating in this yearly effort McLean denied that the restrictions imposed by the Quebec government. to recruit new members and show The Association des Professeurs de l'Universite recommendation for the dismissal Union officials say the administration is what they can do. de Montreal agreed Tuesday to give $2,000 to the was made on grounds of union obsucring the wage dispute by ignoring the Most of the familiar groups strike fund and urged each of its members to activity. breakdown in job classification presented at the such as Filmsoc, Mussoc and contribute a full day's pay. 'This had nothing to do with bargaining table, making union demands seem Radsoc will have displays, as will political and religious clubs, the union," said McLean. "If a Faculty and students have been respecting outrageously high. skydivers and sailors. person wants to join the union picket lines around the campus. If the deadlock continues past next week, the that's okay but it takes a majority professors agreed to meet again to reconsider their Clayton Vogler of the clubs to get certification." More than 25,000 students and teachers are stand on the strike. committee said he expects club He said Paul is still on the now supporting the workers' strike, resulting in a Students, have indicated they will respect the membership to increase by 500 university payroll. total shutdown of the university, while union picket lines indefinitely until a settlement is people as a result of clubs day. He added that if the representatives affiliated with the Canadian Union reached. Last year's membership was recommendation for dismissal is 5,500, Vogler said. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Thursday, October 14, 1971 MEMO FROM INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Alternate food service INTERNATIONAL= BETWEEN NATIONS 'dead issue,' says Ruthie ^SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17TH- BUS TRIP TO WEAVER CREEK The alternate food service To view Salmon Spawning — $2.00 for transportation. Bus leaves International House at 9:30 a.m. Please sign up in advance at I.H. office has been doing a booming by Friday, Oct. 15 business on the main floor of SUB despite administration NOTE CHANGE: threats to close it down. OCTOBER 22/24 WEEKEND VISIT TO PENTICTON IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29, 30, 31. - for overseas students as And it appears that the guests of Penticton families. Minimal charge for transportation. Sign up administration-run food at I.H. office not later than Oct. 22. services is dropping its campaign to wipe out the TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH—12:30 p.m. alternate service. Food services director Ruth UPPER LOUNGE OF I.H. Blair said Wednesday she no CHINESE TABLE TENNIS COACHING DEMONSTRATION - by Mr. Chuang Chia-Fu and Miss Lin Hsi-Meng, National Chinese table tennis longer has any complaints team. Everyone welcome. about the alternate service operation. I.S.P.C. MEETING "The alternate service is The first meeting of the International Student Program Committee will now a dead issue, as far as I'm be held on October 19, 1971 at 12:30 in Rm. 400 at I.H. This concerned," she said. committee is for all overseas and Canadian students interested in planning cultural and social activities for the 1971-72 term. If you have "The administration ideas which you would like to see implemented into constructive action notified them that they had to please attend this meeting. We would really appreciate seeing all new leave, and as far as I know they overseas and Canadian students. have left." Authentic International Hot Lunches Daily—85e Blair has been engaged in a i.e. Indonesian Paella, East Indian curries, Greek Shish Ke-babs, fear campaign designed to pit Yugoslavian Cevapcici, Italian spaghetti. French, Russian and food services workers against Hungarian soups (a full meal) 25c and 45c. Open-face sandwiches 35c the alternate operation. She and up — choice of fillings. has claimed that the service will force layoffs in cafeterias. SOUL IS COMING TO I. HOUSE-OCTOBER 29th Lyle Osmundson, SOUL DANCE, SOUL FASHIONS and FOOD. $1.50 owner-operator of the alternate v WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS service, said business is "better than ever," despite a letter from depute president William White informing him that he was expected to move out. "We've even opened another table, and we've no intentions —david bowerman photo of leaving," Osmundson said. HELPER, OSMUNDSON . continue alternate food service. "All we're interested in doing is providing good cheap is supposed to be losing supported the fight to remove food. So many people are because of this alternate disposable dishes from the SUB complaining about food service," Kennedy said. cafeteria. services that if we left I'm sure Bill Morrison, president of "They're annoying to use, When someone else would take up Canadian Union of Public and they create a garbage the cause." Employees Local 116, said problem," he said. while he doesn't want any of Kennedy said she had Sue Kennedy, Alma Mater his employees to lose their jobs discussed the matter of paper Society co-ordinator, said after because of the alternate cups and plates with Blair in a meeting she had with Blair on service, he otherwise has no Tuesday's meeting. Tuesday, that she got the you . objections to it. "Blair plans to continue the impression that Blair was throw-away dishes until dropping the issue. "I support the students in their fight for better food," Christmas and then do a study "However, if she decides to Morrison said. "As far as I'm on the benefits and problems revive it and cut employees' concerned, it takes no longer of their use," Kennedy said hours in the future, then the to prepare a good meal than a "She also plans on asking AMS will want some figures on bad one." the purchasing agent to specify need how much money food services Morrison said he also only union grapes." a UNIVERSITY SHELL Bank SERVICE PETER LISSACK It's nice to know you're near one. SHELL 111 PRODUCTS The Commerce. Come in, And find out how more of us People who ride bikes are very quiet, don't mess up Featuring unleaded gasoline can do more for you. the air, and stay skinnier and sexier. So ride a bike. We'll peddle you a neat one. There's a Commerce branch Cyclery Sales, Rentals and FIAT /33 Service at three centres. 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