The Cord Weekly (March 3, 1977)
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Thursday March 3, 1977 tl)e Cc>rd Wee)fly Volume 17, Number 16 Union employees sue New Board supports-decision by Loretta Heimann A conflict between the Student assistant manager and $150 for the Union and the student operated manager. Uncle Wilrs is far from being Uncle Wilrs had agreed to stick resolved. Neither side in the with the honorarium system right dispute over honoraria payments from the beginning. This system is has chosen to back down from their not meant to compensate for man original stand. hours spent working at Uncle A few weeks ago, it was Wilrs. announced that Uncle Wiirs was Royal holds the position that the clo~ing due to a conflict over the new Board considered the matter honoraria that the staff of Uncle very carefully. Royal agrees that it Wilfs was to receive. The legal is a touch matter and mainly one of machinery was then being put into principle, but no commitment was . motion. made and the Board does not owe On February 20, Mike Burch, Uncle Wiirs any extra Money. who was running. the operation of Burch felt that although there the store once again went before the was no recorded agreement be Board of Directors and once again tween Uncle Wiirs and the Board of his proposal was rejected. Burch Directors, a verbal agreement was then submitted his resignation and made. The rate agreed upon then is leawng it up to hs colleagues to was $100, $125, and $175. proceed with legal action. Unfortunately, no records were President of WLUSU Marg Royal made at that Budget meeting in stated that the Board never made a August. Burch feels that the old ~ommitment to Uncle Wiirs. At no Student's Council didn't have all of time was a verbal recorded the information and should not have agreement made so the Board does voted until they had a clearer not owe the staff of Uncle W iir s any picture of the situation. Burch also more than the promised amount of feels that the new Board was not states that he will not sign anything tired of "beating his head against a up to his colleagues to proceed with money set by the Bylaw and entirely informed on the matter that he doesn't agree with. brick wall." He was going to go legal action if they so desire. Rgulations Committee. A year ago either. Secondly, the money is not through the proper channels and It seems that for the present March, the Board had stated that no important, it is the principle of the leave it in the hands of the courts time, the Uncle Wiirs situation is decision would be made until the Burch handed in his resignation matter which is in contention now. but was convinced by numerous up in the air. Uncle Wiirs may be job descriptions were drawn up. last week for the following reasons. Burch cannot understand how the people to take the matter before the opened again but that is not The Bylaw and Regualtions Com First of all, he personally did not Board can feel the way it does. He new Board. He conceded and did definite. It is now up to the Uncle mittee completed the job descrip agree with the Board's decision. To belisves that the Board is afraid to take it to the Board but was turned Wiirs staff to make the next move tions in January of this year and set get his honorarium, Burch wauW back down and admit that they down again. He has washed his and it appears that the Board will the rate at $75, $100 for the have to sign his contract and he made a mistake. Thirdly, Burch is hands of the matter and is leaving it proceed from there. • • • a ou e ffil ion ver I y f-fai s by Kathy Connor Coordination, organization and area m the matters of tenure, The CUA is set up to have a about Board and Senate by-laws, such extensive information, so they information is the primary function courses, and the like. They key structure parallel to that of the interpretation of power and the are provided with material pertain of the Commission of Universtiy word is influence, for, as alreadv university. According to Dantzer, structure of the university. Special ing especially to their function; in Affairs at Laurier. The Commission stated, the CUA has no formal, only the Commission is a big area committees such as the Inter-Resi the case of the IRC, the acts of ernie of University Affairs {CUA) is an indirect power. encompassing the field or coordina dence Council (IRC) don't require residence, the current five-year pted executive body within WLUSU, The CUA came into existence on tion of groups such as the Senate, continued on page II equal in standing with the the WLU campus two years ago. Board committees and councils; ,1977. Operations Management Board Previous to the establishment of the representation of students and the for the (OMB). Whereas the OMB, as the Commission, student concerns with various parts of student govern Operating Procedures it ions business department of WLUSU, administrative and academic mat ment. The storage of information has formal power, the CUA has no ters were represented by a f~w pertinent to student government is Agreement by Kass Sunderji - blica- formal power. individual "entrepreneurs". No important because of the transiency 1977-7.8 Ian Dantzer is the current organized group existed to deal of its members. Through the will be Commissioner of University Affairs. with student problems. This situa manual coordination program of the The Operating Procedures Ag the administration would be sorted March He is the Chairperson of the CUA tion resulted in a lack of CUA, information is supplied for greement (OPA), an issue that is of out later. and a member of WLUSU. Dantzer coordination among the various the various student deJartments so vital importance in matters con The Commission of University described the purpose of the CUA groups trying to resolve a problem, that the members are aware of cerning relations between the Affairs {CUA) that later took on the as being to coordinate the students' for neither group knew what the previous student government ac Student Union and the University job of negotiating the OPA, made a activities and to deal with the other was trying to do. The CUA, as tions. Administration, has not as yet been close study of the agreement. The university administrative academic it now stands, is trying to promote The manuals are stored in the ratified by the parties concerned. revisions that were deemed neces tor departments on behalf of students' coordination of student political Library under the supervision of a However, ~t is expected that there sary were made and a new copy of anager concerns. Although the Commis activities for consistancy and so that research assistant. The manuals are might be some developments in the the agreement was drawn up. itor sion has a greater influence on the each department knows what one especially important for the student matter when the student Board of continued on page II administrative area, it does have another's progress is in dealing sehators and Board of Governors, Directors meets this week to decide some influence on the academic with · a problem. who require complete information on the issue. n The delay in consolidating the It Editor agreement seems to have resulted New d Filing 8ommunity. Affairs program ( from the fact that the Board of Directors would like some changes building arketing made in the agreement. According Photos restructured to Dr. Frank Peters, WLU Presi New plans were revealed to the By Brian Harrison dent, the initial agreement that was Cord today for a new building to be The department of Community newsletter which would hopefully It is not expected that this move drawn up had been accepted by erected on WLU campus. The new Affairs has underg'l,ne several strengthen ties between off campus will have any direct effect on either WLU but when it was returned to professional building will house the changes with the position of students and university based group except that it will give the WLUSU for ratification, the Board facilities for the School and director being dropped, and the activities. Due to lack of funds and Legal Aid Office stronger ties with of Directors, a new group of Business and Economics and the Legal Aid Office and Birth Control personnel, this along with other the university administration. students by now, wanted certain School of Social Work. 'tor Centre movihg under the Commis ideas had to be scrapped. The Birth Control Centre, has parts of the agreement revised. WLU will receive approximately lger sion of University Affairs. This meant that the Legal Aid had only twenty nine calls this year Hence, no decision was made at this $150,000 for planning of the ager and the Birth Control Centre were but they feel this is due partially time. It was hoped that the 0peration which will start im Originally the department's job the only operations left to the because of their location. They differences between WLUSU and mediately. The plan has been usiness was to find out what volunteers department. Since both of these would like to get back into the studied by a committee composed were needed in the community and groups had their own department Student Services Building where of both faculty and students. The iness try to fill thes openings with heads, there was no area of inquiries could be treated more new structure will replace the students.