The Michigan Daily -Friday, February 22, 1991 - Page 3
TAs may
.. .
strike if
6.emands
not met
by Stefanie Vines
Daily Faculty Reporter
^The Graduate Employees Orga-
zation (GEO) is making initial
separations to strike if the union
does not reach a satisfactory
agreement with University
negotiators.
-At an organizational meeting
last night GEO members formed a
strike committee and approved an
economic package of negotiation
issues, said John Robb, a member
of GEO's bargaining team.
"The strike committee is a pre-
cautionary measure we are taking
iii case the University's counter-
proposal is unsatisfactory," Robb
said.
The GEO bargaining team and
the University will discuss the
economic issues today at 3:30.
Additional negotiations will be
held during break.
Among the economic issues
der arbitration are:
no limit on TA employment,
(currently there is a ten-term
limit);
* a proposed salary increase
over the next 2 years of 15 percent
in.1991-92 and 10 percent in 1992-
9s;
-,.E additional child support for
TAs with pre-schoolers and after-
hool program reimbursement;
sections limited to 20 stu-
dents;
additional health insurance
in, the summer beyond the aca-
d,emic year, and;
TA parking spaces.
Alan Zundel, a member of the
GEO bargaining team, said the
burden of getting the economic is-
sues passed rests on GEOG
*embers.
"The question is what members
Want to do. We are getting a small
piece of a large pie. There are cuts
they could be making in other
plices. We should be putting more
pressure on the University," Zun-
del said.
"OEO organizer Ingrid Kock said
one problem for the union is the
*Wk of support the bargaining
team will have during the break.
"The University knows that
wthout all of our members behind
us we are weaker," Kock said.
However she added that GEO
members will take action if they
are unsatisfied with the University.
"When people find out what the
University's economic proposal is
hey will take action."
Non-economic issues such as
gaining accurate information on
the number of TA spaces available
in each department, calculating
pay to the tenth of an hour, and re-
ceiving pay for mandatory TA
training will also be discussed.
House state budget bill
passes in GOP senate;
*.
layoffs remain in debate
Inger Lovett, a member of Women Against the War, speaks at the anti-
war rally on the 26th anniversary of Malcom X's assassination.
Anti-war rally held
to commemorate
death of Malcom X
LANSING (AP) - Republicans
and Democrats both claimed vic-
tory yesterday as the GOP-run
Senate pulled a surprise in the
budget wars by accepting a budget
bill passed by the Democrat-con-
trolled House.
The $467 million bill would
complete this year's spending plan
for several departments, including
corrections, mental health, state
police, and public health. But so-
cial services spending, set at $223
million in the bill, and how many
layoffs would result remain in dis-
pute.
Leaders said state layoffs, once
projected at almost 8,000, could
be held to about 500. Any vetoes
by Gov. John Engler puts the bud-
get crisis on his back.
State Budget Director Patricia
Woodworth said, "Major portions
of the bill remain unacceptable,"
and "I expect we will take very
quick action."
Woodworth said Engler will
veto parts of the budget which re-
stored some of the 9.2 percent
across-the-board cuts that took ef-
fect last month. She said she could
not predict how many layoffs
would result.
Woodworth said the $7.4 billion
budget for the 1990-91 fiscal year
remains in deficit by $500 million-
$600 million. How to erase the gap
has been a major disagreement be-
tween Republican Engler and
House Democrats, who want to
avoid massive cuts in social pro-
grams.
'Major portions of the
bill remain unaccept-
able. I expect we will
take very quick
action'
-Patricia Woodworth
State Budget Director
And Attorney General Frank
Kelley filed an emergency appeal
with the Michigan Court of Ap-
peals seeking to strike down an or-
der issued by a Wayne County
Circuit Court judge.
Judge Louis Simmons on
Wednesday ordered the Depart-
ment of Social Services to pro-
gram its computer to send out
March welfare checks without a 17:
percent reduction.
The appeals court last weekend
reversed another Wayne County
court order blocking a federally re-
quired mailing announcing the
cuts.
United Auto Workers Local
6000, which represents 22,000 of
the 66,000 state workers, filed the
legal actions.
The union released a telephone
survey yesterday that found 74.7
percent of 647 respondents would
be willing to pay their current
level of taxes to keep the current
level of state services, including.
those for health and human ser-
vices.
The survey of registered voters
statewide also found 23.5 percent
supported Engler's budget cuts in
health and human services, 46.2
percent were opposed, and 23.6
percent were undecided. The rest,-
6.6 percent, refused to answer.
The poll was conducted be-
tween Friday and Tuesday and had
a margin of error of plus or minus 4
percent.
by Gwen Shaffer
Daily Staff Reporter
Who is going to gain from this
war?
That is the question many
demonstrators were asking at an
anti-war rally on the Diag
yesterday.
The rally, sponsored by Stu-
dents Against U.S. Intervention in
the Middle East (SAUSI), was
held as part of an international
day of protest in commemoration
of the assassination of Malcolm
X. Approximately 175 people at-
tended the demonstration and lis-
tened to the three anti-war
speakers.
SAUSI members said they are
upset with President George
Bush's refusal to negotiate an end
to the five-week war. The group
also expressed concern over what
they believe to be Bush's desire
to strengthen U.S. control over
Middle East oil reserves.
"(The U.S government) obvi-
ously does not want only to liber-
ate Kuwait - they want the de-
struction of Iraq and the downfall
of Saddam Hussein," said SAUSI
member Rochelle Davis.
People of Color Against the
War and Racism member Tracye
Matthews spoke of the need for
people of color to find options for
themselves besides drugs, prisons,
and the military.
"People of color are struggling
to put food on the table, while we
have a governor who is proposing
cuts in AFDC (Aid to Families
with Dependent Children),"
Matthews said.
Matthews emphasized that the
majority of soldiers of color did
not enlist in the military because
they love war, but that it was a
means of survival.
"What choice is there for peo-
ple of color?" Matthewsasked.
"Will I join the military and re-
ceive benefits, or will I sweep the
University's floors and clean toi-
lets for minimum wage?" she
said.
Matthews also expressed her
concern for those people of color
not fighting in the Persian Gulf.
"The same money snatched
from social service programs will
leave us the victims at home,"
Matthews said.
Women Against the War
member Inger Lovett echoed
Matthews' sentiments in her
speech. People should understand
the concept of supporting the
troops, but not the war itself, she
said.
"Most people think we will
give our soldiers a hearty wel-
come when they come marching
back. But they don't come march-
ing home - they come home
broken down, they come home in
body bags," Lovett said.
Lovett questioned the reason-
ing behind Bush's policies.
"Our president is pro-life? How
many women have killed with
missiles? How many women have
killed with MC-47's?" Lovett
asked the crowd.
Indian students mistaken for'A
Arabs report local harassment
by Richard Rosenthal
One day after Operation Desert
Storm began in the Middle East, a
University student had to defend
himself against a very different
kind of attack in Ann Arbor.
LSA senior Kedar Raut claims
that while crossing East Washing-
ton St., he was verbally harassed
by a driver who told him to "go
back to the Middle East."
Describing the incident, Raut
said a man stopped his car and be-
gan shouting at him.
After Raut told the driver he
was a pedestrian and had a right to
walk across the street, the driver
started to get out of his car. When
other people began to notice the
incident and stood behind Raut,
the man got back in his car, made
another comment, and drove away.
"He told me to go back to the
Middle East. I guess he didn't
know his geography too well,"
Raut, who is Indian, said.
Raut was unable to identify the
driver or his car.
"I didn't think I could make a
harassment case to the University.
I didn't even think to identify the
car. I was just angry at that point,"
he said.
Raut, a member of the, Indian
Pakistani American Student Asso-
ciation (IPASC), said the organi-
zation is working to stop discrimi-
nation against South Asians.
"We had a discrimination fo-
rum last weekend. We plan to
have a teach-in and maybe another
discussion with even more minor-
ity groups," he said.
Both Raut and Minoti Amin,
another member of IPASC, claim
there have been other harassment
incidents both on and off campus.
Amin, an Engineering sopho-
more, said several South Asian
students were refused entry into a
Detroit nightclub when an em-
ployee at the door told them, "Yol'
Arabs are always causing trouble
here."
"We believe Arabs should not
be harassed in any way, and even.
if they are, why should South
Asians be at all implicated?"
Amin said.
Amin said;
the war may
held racist;
South Asians.
she was worried that
be used to air long
sentiments against
Raut and Amin said the recent,'
incidents are upsetting.
"Where I went to high school,
there was great diversity. I fee-
I've been the focus of discrimma- ;
tion far too many times at this
campus setting," Raut said.
Amin agreed, saying, "I'm sur-
prised that thesesthings are hap-
pening where people supposedly
are being educated. It just shows
that education has nothing to do
with it."
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process."
The Council also voted unani-
mously last night to send a resolu-
tion to the state government asking
THE LIST
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
that it reconsider eliminating funding
for arts grants.
"Arts in the community are an
extremely important. They're a big
part of life in Ann Arbor," said
Jernigan, who sponsored the reso-
lution. "Even cuts are fairer than just
taking them out of the budget like
that."
"People really come to Ann
Arbor, to this region, from all over
Southeast Michigan, Ohio, and In-
diana just because of our arts
community here," said coun-
cilmember Joe Borda (R-Fifth Ward).
"I think this is a resolution that
will... send a signal to Lansing,"
Borda said.
Meetings
Sunday
UMAASC Steering Committee,
weekly mtg. Union, rm 4202, 1 p.m.
Feminist Womens' Union, weekly
mieeting. Call 662-1958 for info.
Union, 4:00.
U-M Chess Club, weekly practice.
Call Tony Palmer (663-7147) for info.
League, 1:00.
peakers
Sunday
"El Salvador: How You Can Help
Stop the Killing," Jaime Flures. First
Unitarian/Universalist Church. Rice
and Beans Dinner, 5:30, speech; 7
pm.
Furthermore
Safe walk, nighttime safety walking
service, will be closed Feb. 22-Mar. 3.
Service will resume Mar. 4 from 8-
11:30 Fri.-Sat., 8-1:30 Sun.-Thurs.
Stop by 102 UGLi or call 936-1000.
Iorthwalk, North Campus nighttime
safety walking service, will be closed
Feb. 22-Mar. 3. Service will resume
Ma 4A,, f.rn 911-1 i .I- Sat. R1:30f
day practice. Call 995-0129 for more
info. Sports Coliseum, 8-10 p.m.
U of M Ninjitsu Club. For info call
David Dow, 668-7478. IM bldg,
wrestling rm, 7-9.
U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do
Club, Friday workout. Call 994-3620
for info. CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 8-9.
U of M Tae Kwon Do Club, Friday
workout. CCRB Small Gym, 6-8:00.
German Club Stammtisch, weekly
event. Union, U-Club, 7-9:00.
"A New Course Offering?" materials
cluster discussion. Chem Bldg, rm
1706, noon.
Duplicate Bridge Game, for info
call 668-1471. Union, Pond Rms,
7:15.
. Saturday
U of M Shotokan Karate Club, Sat-
urday practice. CCRB Small Gym, 3-
5:00.
Sunday
Sunday Social, weekly event for in-
ternational and American students. In-
ternational Center, 603 E.Madison,
6:30-8:30.
Israeli Dancing. One hour of instruc-
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