Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1970s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 12-6-1978 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1970s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (1978). The Winonan - 1970s. 228. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1970s/228 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The inonW an – Student Newspaper at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in The inonW an - 1970s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINONAN Winona State University The Student Voice Vol. LIVI Number 10 111 December 6, 1978 IFO/SUB Negotiations Deadlocked by Russ Larson theWSU IFO, Rod Henry, and Another primary concern of the trenchment, and the freezing of ing of the process. Robert Meinhard presented the IFO deals with a clause in PELRA seniority lists. It appears that the It seems that both the IFO (Inter faculty's views on the proposed (Public Employment Labor Rela- faculty's proposal would grant But, while we as students can do Faculty Organization) negotiating contracts. The faculty is asking for a tions Act) which states that if tenure when hired, as is done with little directly with the negotiating team and the team representing the salary schedule. A schedule is used negotiations go to binding arbitra- the community college professors in process, we can take the time to SUB (State University Board) are in every school district in the state, tion, the faculty is bound and must Minnesota. President Hanson says read the newspaper and keep deadlocked in their efforts to the community colleges, and for accept the arbitration settlement, that the SUB is strongly opposed to informed on the progress of the — negotiate a new contract settle- many other professional employees but the SUB can reject it if they so this request and that a probationary negotiations. We also can take 30 ment. The two negotiating teams of the State of Minnesota. Erickson desire. A related problem with period of up to seven (7) years is minutes from our day and write a were sent into mediation on October and the IFO support the salary PELRA is that the settlement or nearly universal in higher educa- letter or two to the governor, our 16, 1978 and as of this week there schedule in an effort to start contract then goes to the legislature tion. area legislators, (and those in your has been very little progress made catching up with past cost of living where it can be accepted, rejected home district, if you're from in reaching agreement on a new changes. The Faculty Associations or modified. After listening to members of Minnesota) and SUB members to contract. Both teams seem to fault proposal is currently asking for a both the IFO and the administra- show them our concern and urge the other for the reluctance and 28% change in salaries the first year On November 16th we gave the tion, it was the consensus of the them to bring about a quick unwillingness to negotiate a con- and 14% the second. The SUB team, administration equal time to come Student Senate that we inform settlement. A strike hurts everyone tract which in essence deals with however, has rejected the faculty's to a senate meeting and present students as to what is happening in one way or another. Students are numerous critical and important proposal and instead proposed an their views on the proposed and what we as students can do no exception. issues. increase of 3% across the board contracts. President Hanson first about it. with an additional 1% to be addressed the issue of salaries and Below I have listed some of the With this realization, the WSU awarded in merit and adjustments merit pay. He explained that a To be quite honest, we can do critical issues and concerns of the Student Senate invited members of at the discretion of the University salary schedule like the one nothing directly. The negotiating is two negotiating teams that I feel both the IFO and the administration presidents. proposed by the IFO is unacceptable strictly between the IFO and the you as students should be aware of. to come to senate meetings and because it is based solely upon the SUB. I would like to state right now Please read them over and make discuss some of the major problems The faculty also discussed prob- faculty members' years of experi- that neither I nor the senate is your own judgements. Also, I have and concerns confronting them in lems they were facing in areas such ence and their degree level. He also taking sides in this dispute. Our listed the names and addresses of negotiations. as retrenchment and the role of the . added that with a salary schedule efforts are only to inform students our area legislators and the mem- department chairs. Their concerns there woull be no merit or equity on what has and possibly may take bers of the SUB and would We heard first from the faculty at in these areas will be discussed in pay given. Hanson also expressed place. In other words, if you come to encourage you to correspond with our November 9th senate meeting. greater detail later. grave concern on the faculty's campus someday and see the pickets them in your spare time and demands for instant tenure, re- out, you'll have a better understand- demonstrate to them your concern Wayne Erickson, President of _ See Negotiations page 12 278 pints donated in one day Winona Sets Record by Gayle Smith workers, felt that "students were Fakler was pleased with the responsive, but I expected more a turnout and the amount of work Thanks to the outstanding re- faculty turnout than there was." that was put into the drive by the sponse from students and Winona volunteers. She feels that the residents, a record was broken in Fakler pointed out that "If you following letter, which was pub- the bloodmobile drive held at WSU are a donor or your family is and lished in the Los Angeles Times, last Wednesday and Thursday. you've been charged for blood " sums up why those people were out received, call the Red Cross Blood on the floor donating their blood." The drive, which was sponsored Center in St. Paul and they'll check The letter read as follows: by the Red Cross Blood Center in on it for you. They will contact the St. Paul, took in 278 pints of blood. hospital and clear everything up." "When I donated blood recently, That's the most ever received in one it was a reminder of how all day in Winona. The units of blood Once the units of blood are humanity is connected and depen- received on Thursday totaled to 270. numbered and prepared they are dent upon the blood flowing within flown or driven to the Red Cross each of us. With a blood donation, Jan Fakler, the chairperson for Blood Center where they are anyone can play the role of saving the Winona County Red Cross processed mechanically. They are the life of another person. Chapter, said that "the college then identified for the proper blood students were just terrific. Not only group and distributed to Red Cross The donor card I filled out had no in donating their blood but in hospitals across the five-state area space indicating race, religion, or donating their time to help." of Minnesota, Wisconsin, North ethnic background. Who receives Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa. my blood will be determined simply About 50-60 students were in- by need and compatibility. volved in the volunteer work. They Through technology, one pint of helped by loading and unloading the blood that is donated can be used for The bloodmobile itself was a bloodmobile van, scheduling ap- many purposes. For example, in one miniature of how society should be. pointments, typing, bag numbering, pint, the white cells are used to curb A retired white woman was the and bag preparing. They also life threatening infections; red cells volunteer who typed the card, a worked as donor guides, bed aids, for cases of severe anemia; plate- Spanish speaking nurse took my and canteen servers. letes, the clotting agent, are used to blood, and afterward an Oriental treat leukemia, the crijoprecipitate, nurse stood by while I snacked on There was a dorm competition for a protein substance, for controlling cookies and orange juice. The room the second year, and for the second hemophiliac's bleeding; and remain- was filled with donors of all colors time Sheehan Hall came out on top. ing plasma is used to prepare and backgrounds, but now in a very Out of the 548 units of blood that medication for use to prepare real sense we were all one." was donated to the drive, the dorms medication for use by persons with were responsible for 248. Sheehan any type of blood. The Red Cross Bloodmobile Hall was awarded with a trophy surpassed its goal of 500 units at that was donated to the drive by Anyone donating blood has to be WSU. They travel to all parts of the Graham and McGuire Sporting between the ages of 17 and 65 and private and public universities in Goods in Winona. weigh at least 110 pounds. A donor Minnesota. They will be back at can only give blood every 56 days, WSU from March 5th through 9th. LeDonna Wistrcill of the St. Paul and American Red Cross, takes a donation Scott Peak, who was in charge of or five times a year.