UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 31, 1994
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Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk
Sean Crosier / KANSAN
Megan Denton, Ottawa sophomore, left and Rachel Schmidt. Rolling Meadows, Ill., sophomore, lead the Rock Chalk chant for guests including Barbara Ballard, associate dean of student life, Chancellor Del Shankel and Golden Ruel, assistant football coach, on stage during the homecoming parade on Friday.
GTAs:Battle for GTAs continues
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overworked, under-paid people requesting a dialogue about basic benefits."
GTAs receive a full tuition waiver and are paid $7,938 a year. They do not receive health insurance or other employee benefits.
Dan Murtaugh, a GTA and a leader of the GTA union movement, said Bogina's comments were premature.
"Several things have to happen before we could begin negotiating for benefits or higher wages," Murtaugh said. "I have significant doubts that
formal negotiations will begin during this legislative session."
Before the GTAs can form a union, they first must complete unit determination hearings to decide which GTAs would be eligible to be part of a bargaining unit. Those hearings begin Nov. 17. Then the GTAs must vote on whether they want to form a bargaining unit.
If a bargaining unit is formed, GTAs could negotiate for higher wages and employee benefits.
State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, said she would support increasing GTA benefits in the future.
"I would support a cost-sharing health insurance plan for GTAs," Praeger said. "I disagree with Gus Bogina's belief that we shouldn't try to increase the allocation for GTAs."
Praeger said some legislators would side with Bogina because they opposed unions in general, not necessarily because they opposed increasing GTA wages.
"Kansas has prided itself on being a right-to-work state, and that antiunion sentiment will be shared by many in the Legislature," Praeger said. "But it's too early to know what the general feeling about the allocation for the GTAs will be."
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