The Michigan Daily -Thursday, September 5, 1991 - Page 3 Unions protest 'CMU president by Melissa Peerless Daily Staff Reporter When Central Michigan Univer- sity (CMU) President Edward Jakubauskas opened the university's student newspaper last Wednesday, he found a weather forecast, a story about the approaching first day of classes and an article saying that his job was in jeopardy. Thirty-three of CMU's 37 aca- demic department heads resolved that they have "no confidence" in Jakubauskas' leadership Tuesday. Twenty-four hours later, the fac- Ity union and other campus em- ployee unions also entered "no con- fidence" votes. The votes came during a strike by the university's clerical union, the first such work stoppage in the uni- versity's history. Clerical workers went on strike after Jakubauskas imposed a hiring and salary freeze on their positions, iting CMU's current financial difficulties. Although Jakubauskas acknowl- edges that CMU has been having some serious problems, he was sur- prised by the "no confidence" votes. "CMU is going through some pretty hard times. I want to make things as right as they can be," he said. "If anyone had approached me nd asked to talk, I would have been happy to. $u no one did, and then there it was in the newspaper," he added. But CMU's faculty does not be- lieve that Jakubauskas has the uni- versity's best interest in mind. They feel that he"is exaggerating the troubled financial situation and that the freezes are unnecessary. Keith Barklage of the faculty *nion said, '}Simply put, we want him out. A 'no confidence' vote means that we do not feel that he is doing an adequate job. It's impor- tant to us. Our jobs are at stake. Our students' educations could suffer," he said. "It was difficult for us to come to this decision. It was carefully considered and strictlyseen as a last resort, but we feel that this had to done," he added. Barklage also said the faculty and other employees felt that re- moving Jakubauskas from office would be the only way to rectify the situation. The resolutions of "no confi- dence" will be submitted to CMU's oversight board within the next few weeks, and a decision re- garding Jakubauskas' future will be reached. Both the president and faculty said they didn't expect students to be hurt by the strike. Jakubauskas said, "Even with the strike still going, classes started as usual last week. So I assume that even with these uncertainties, it will be business as usual for our tudents.° GEO members brace for possible fall strike Brian Lotti watches a friend perform his last skateboard tricks in Regents' Plaza. The University Board of Regents banned skateboarding campus-wide in July. Ordi nance prohibits skateboarding at ' UI by Stefanie Vines Daily Staff Reporter As students prepare for the first day of classes, members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) are bracing for a possible strike. Negotiations between GEO and the University will continue next Friday in Detroit and neither side says it will change its position. The University's Teaching As- sistants have been working without a contract since April 5. Plans are underway for a possi- ble permanent strike instead of a temporary work stoppages like those held last April. GEO organizer Phillis Englebert said the union will discuss a perma- nent strike at a membership meeting next Tuesday. "We have a strong network of communication and if the membership wants a strike then we will do it," she said. "Its my hope that the adminis- tration's bargaining team will come part way on our proposals and not back us into a corner which will force us to take action," Englebert added. However, Joseph Owsley, direc- tor of News and Information Ser- vices, said the University's current bargaining position will not change. "Of course we would hope that a strike would not occur, but if it does then the University will still continue to function. We regret that they would take such a step; it would be bad for us and for them," he said. The University is offering a 4.5 percent pay raise while the TA union wants 6 percent. Also at issue are summer medical benefits, tu- ition waivers, class size limits, and third-party arbitration for TA grievances. But GEO negotiators now con- sider the most important issue on the table to be the debate over calcu- lating the number of hours for which a TA is paid. GEO is disputing the Univer- sity's definition of fractional ap- pointments. Currently, TAs are ap- pointed to a full or partial-time po- sition based on a 40-hour work week. For example, a .25 fractional appointment would be the equiva- lent of 10 hours a week. A TA must work at least 10 hours per week to receive a full tuition waiver. However, under the current con- tract, TAs who work less than the minimum hours in two or more de- partments cannot add their hours in order to receive a cumulative .25 fractional appointment needed to receive their tuition waiver. In addition, the University has 'Of course you would hope that a strike would not occur, but if it does then the University will still continue to function' - Joseph Owsley Director of News and Information Services by Christine Kloostra Daily Staff Reporter Skateboarding is a crime, at least on campus. At the University Board of Re- gents meeting in July, the regents passed an ordinance which pro- hibits skateboarding on University property. Skateboarders now face a $25 fine and possible impoundment of their skateboards. The ordinance will allow Uni- versity police to issue citations or arrest individuals for other viola- tions as well, including littering, possession of alcohol on the Diag or in athletic stadiums, disorderly conduct and vomiting on Univer- sity buses. The ordinance applies only to University property. The skateboarding ban was in- cluded in the "Ordinance to Regu- late Parking and Traffic, and to Regulate the Use and Protection of the Buildings and Property of the Regents of the University of Michigan." The Department of Public Safety said they have not yet issued any citations. In its original form, the ordi- believed that I would be taken care of. Now I don't have job security because if I have to pay my tuition then I can't be a student here," she said. In addition to her concerns about the University's plan to move to- ward a two-tier system of graders and teachers, Stark is also worried abd'ut the definition of fractional appointments. "We have gotten wind of the University's practice of saying that departments can't combine frac- tions," said Stark. "The University is infringing on the spirit of the contract through budgetary policy and rhetoric." nance banned skateboards, roller skates, and roller blades from cer- tain areas on campus. Farris Wom- ack, University chief financial offi- cer and vice president, cited prop- erty damage as the reason for the ban. The ordinance was amended fol- lowing a request by a roller blader during the meeting's public com- ments session. LSA senior Marc Beginin urged the regents to change the ordinance because "it does not take into ac- count that roller skates and roller blades are not detrimental." "They cause no aggravation to property whatsoever," Beginin said, adding that for many students roller blades are their sole method of transportation and that mem- bers of the University hockey team often use them for off-season prac- tice. The amended ordinance pro- hibits roller blades and roller skates only in University buildings and parking structures. proposed dividing TAs into two different groups: teachers and graders. Teachers would receive enough hours to obtain full tuition waivers, while graders would re- ceive less than the required number hours, regardless of the number of hours actually worked. GEO President Tom Oko said this sytem violates GEO's old con- tract that states TA wages are cal- culated in the hours spent doing a variety of tasks, not in the tasks per- formed. Former GEO President Chris Roberson said the possibility of a strike depends on two things: how many TAs want to get mobilized to walk off the job and also on the out- come of the next bargaining session between GEO and the University. Lori Stark, a Sociology TA and GEO steering Committee member, said she is very worried about her job. "I can think back on how I felt when I first came. I had basically Stark said that GEO asked the University about this practice at the last bargaining session on Aug. 8 and received what she called an inad- equate response. "They answered us by giving a demonstration of budget policy in LSA only," she said. "Basically what they are doing is denying full tuition waivers to TAs who want to combine their fractions in different departments. So what we will end up with are graduate students who will have to pay tuition money they don't have because they aren't being credited for the hours they are working." Alan Zundel, a member of the GEO bargaining team, said he is not angry at the University, but frus- trated by the lack of agreement. "It has been a long process and we've gone as far as we can go. I think the University could set us on a higher priority level then they are." Don't Get Sacked at the Kickoff... Check out the MCRS Fall lineup! 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