Page 8-Tuesday, March 13, 1979-The Michigan Daily Make Yourself at{ Home (Help Elect Your Local Representative) I;%I I; Join the Students for Kenworthy in their campaign for better Ann Arbor Government MASS MEETING Henderson Rm., Michigan League Wed., March 14, 7:30 p.m. Paid for by Students for Kenworthy Tuition hikes proposed Nurses sue 'U' in.._.c. (Continued from Page 1Y assessment of $2.65 per term for renovation of the Michigan Union. Students again next year will probably also be required to pay severaladditional fees each term $2.92 for Michigan Student Assembly programs, 41.50 student activity fee, and 50 cents for school and college govern~ments. In addition, students must pay a Health Service assessment each term. Since the amount of the Health Service increase is still in question, it was not includedsin' the estimate. Students this year pay $17 per term for Health Service, an increase of 70 per cent over last year's figure. Another large increase is expected this year as the Health Service nears its mandated condition of self-sufficiency, at which point it will not receive any, more funds from the University general fund. THE PROPOSED range of increases falls within President Carter's volun: tary price guidelines, according to University Vice President for Financial Affairs James Brinkerhoff. Individual University charges do not necessarily have to fall within the guidelines, said Brinkerhoff, but the University must attempt to remain below an aggregate figure of 9.5 per cent. Brinkerhoff said charges for services not previously provided are not covered by the guidelines. "We are making a specail effort to stay within the guidelines," Brinkerhoff said. Newton trial continues OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Black Panther leader Huey Newton was home writing about "murderous warfare" between blacks and the police at the time he is accused of killing a 17-year- old prostitute, a defense witness testified yesterday. Writer Donald Freed testified he was with Newton at the Black Panther leader's home the night Kathleen Smith was killed on an Oakland street corner. By RON GIFFORD The Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) has filed an unfair labor prac- tice against the University, alleging the University "interferes with, restrains and coerces employees in the exercise of their rights" under the contract negotiated between the two groups last March. Certified as the bargaining represen- tative for a unit of registered professionrl nurses in February 1975, the MNA requires in its contract that the employees in the bargaining unit must "tender either the uniformly required MNA dues or the representation-ser- vice fee ... or an objection thereto." Failure to do this would lead to the University being notified that the em- ployee should be fired under the agreements in the contract. THE PHIRASE "or an objection thereto" has become central to the dispute between the University and the MNA. An employee filed an objection to the dues which the MNA found unac- ceptable, and subsequently advised the University that that employee should be fired. The University refused, claiming the language of the contract specified that any objection to the dues would be sufficient. Univesity attorney William Lemmer said the MNA claims that the only valid objections to the payments are ones of which they approve. In a letter to the A lady with talents gourmet Was forced to eat out one sad day. Reluctant and slow To the League she did go, And now they can't keep her away. E.O. TheMichigan Next to Hill Auditorium Located in the heart of the campus, it is the heart of the campus.. . Lunch 11:30Qto 1:15 Dinner 5:00 to 7:15 SNACK BAR Lower Level Open 7:15 AM to 4:00 PM Send your League Limerick to: Manager, Michigan League 227 South Ingalls You will receive 2 free dinner tickets if your limerick is used in one of our ads, employee, the MNA stated "an objec- tion we do consider bona fide is found in Seciton 19 of the Labor-Management Relations Act," which exempts only persons who conscientiously object to joining or supporting labor organizations. Neither this federal law nor any state law applies to state institutions, however, and the University claims that under those circumstances, it is the mutually negotiated provision of the contract that governs both sides. IN A LETTER to the MNA, a Univer- sity lawyer wrote, "There is nothing in the contract, either stated or implied, which requires other than an objection with reasons to paying the dues or ser- vice fee. Nothing requires a 'valid' ob- jection as determined by the Association (MNA)." Lemmer said he could see no reason for filing the unfair labor practice because the action alleges a violation of the state labor law, which he said did not occur. If anything, this should be a matter for a third-party arbitrator, sin- ce it is a labor contract dispute, he said. A hearing has been scheduled on April 10 before the Michigan Em- ployment Relations Commission (MERC) to allow both sides to present their cases. Regents studying losses Continued from Page 1) hasn't been discussed among the Regents as a group. Regent Paul Brown (D-Petoskey) said he was also uninformed of the fun- ds' profit-making in recent years. "We just have got to take a look at it. it's really about the first time that I've been made aware of it,-" Brown said. ACCORDING TO Herbert the funds were much more profitable over the last ten years. A similar NACUBO study of"70 university endowment funds frog 1968-1978 ranked the University 22nd. And the University even topped the 25 per cent increase mark in the early 1970s. The University official added that about 60 per cent of the endowment funds is presently invested in common stock, 35 per cent is involved in fixed in- come investments, and the other five per cent is tied up in mortgage loans. Though Herbert admits the stock market is the cause of much of the fun- ds' problems, he maintains such in- vestments are, unlike fixed income in- vestments, "one way to ward off the depreciation of the dollar." ONE PARTICULAR stock purchased by the University's funds-an invest- ment in Government Employes In- surance Co.-eventually cost the funds over a $600,000 loss. The National Bank of Detroit (NBT) advises the. University on its invest- ments. Though the Detroit Free Press Sun- day reported that the. 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