University Daily Kansan
Monday, January 28,1974
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Appeal Is Likely in Union Election
By LINDA HALES
Kansan Staff Reporter
Official designation of Public Service Employees Local 1132 as the official bargaining unit between Kansas University and its sponsor is announced this week. The University is anticipated this week.
Carol Wampler, executive secretary of the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) said she expected to sign a memorandum certifying the local 1132 by the end of the week.
However, she said, the Kansas Association of Public Employees (KAPE) may attempt to appeal the board's decision in court.
PERB tentatively decided Jan. 17 to uphold the election last Oct. 17 between Local 1132 and KAPE, which was to have the final step in determining an official bargaining agent for the KU maintenance and service employees.
However, the results of the election, in which about 75 per cent of those eligible voted, was immediately contested by KAPE officials, who alleged that representatives of Local 1132 had used unfair campaign tactics prior to the election.
The charges were investigated by PERB at a hearing in Topeka earlier this month.
ACCORDING TO Gary Reser, executive director of KAPE, representatives of Local Union were in violation of University policy set down last March. KU stipulated that union representatives weren't to contact employees during working hours, including the break.
Reser, citing evidence brought out at the PERB hearing, said, "On at least one occasion, there was a representative meeting in a dormitory during a coffee break."
KAPE also charged that two representatives of Local 1132, who were not licensed with the secretary of state, illegally engaged in soliciting votes.
Other allegations against Local 1132 included disseminating misleading information through leaflets handed out to KU employees.
RESER SAID THE information contained in the leaflets led employees to think that benefits obtained by employees at the local level were delivered through negotiations led by Local 1132
The implied benefits, said Reser, were pay increases of between 10 and 15 per cent.
would apply to Lawrence college employees if they elected Local 1132.
"the leaflet was not specifc(c) he said,
i did not explain, and i am not sure of the memorandum."
"Even pay increases recommended by the chancellor did not include increases of the
Reser said Medical Center employees belonging to Local 1132 had informally agreed to seek a five per cent increase in January and an additional five per cent increase.
HOWEVER, HE SAID the employees agreed that no funds could be appropriated before July, 1974, and that getting increases of that size was next to impossible.
According to Roster, the memorandum of understanding between the Medical Center and the union didn't include such recommendations.
Another leaflet that KAPE objected to purported to quote a decision of PERB that reflected negatively on the status of KAPE as a bona-fide employee organization, he
KAPE also contended that the leaflets
AURH Courses to Start Tonight
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By SAT GLICK
Kansas Staff Reporter
The first class offered by the Un-
University, Interpreting Watergate, will at 8 am in Room 108 of Numeraker
Halls and be hosted by the University
Residence Halls (AURH) announced.
The Un-University is an AURH-sponsored program for dormitory residents.
In addition to Interpreting Watergate, the
All courses will meet once a week for five or six weeks, except First Aid, which will meet every two days.
Un-University will offer three other courses:
Carpentry, Photography and First Aid.
Hartong said the courses could last longer than six weeks if the students were interested in learning more about a particular area.
A Red Cross Multi-Media first-aid certificate will be awarded to people who have been admitted to a Red Cross facility.
THE UN-UNIVERSITY will present a series of programs in practical problems
The University for Life, an Un-University program dealing with everyday problems, will have its first meeting at 6:30 tonight in Room 108 of Nunjaker Hall. Dufau Kofiah of Runsay Funeral Home will discuss funeral planning.
and provide cultural and recreational activities.
Programs in practical legal matters, the purchasing of sterge equipment and the purchasing of a car will also be offered by Hargreaves of Life during the semester. Hartong said.
Field House Improvements To Be Initiated This Spring
The construction of improvements in Allen Field House probably will begin this spring. Clyde Walker, athletic director, said Saturday.
Walker said work on the fieldhouse tentatively would begin April 15 or May 1.
"We are working to have the project complete by next fall," he said.
It will take a minimum of four months to complete the project, so construction will have to be scheduled about the time of completion. Convocation, convocation and enrollment, he said.
The installation of a synthetic floor with four new basketball courts, volleyball courts and electronic bleachers is being partially funded by the Student Senate with $180,000 of student activity fees collected before 1966.
"That's why we don't have a definite time-table."
Walker said.
He said the next step in the fieldhouse plans was to get specifications written and made available.
Keith Nichter, vice chancellor of business affairs, said Saturday, "The procedure is that the request for putting down the artificial floor will go through the same process as any other capital improvement expenditure."
Nitcher said plans for the fieldhouse construction will be drawn up by personnel in the University of Kansas facilities planning and operation department and by state architects, and they will be sent to the Board of Regents for approval.
Walker said he and other KU officials had visited several places that had a synthetic floor covering similar to the type proposed for the fieldhouse.
"We got nothing but favorable comments
The Un-University will offer cultural programs, including a program on the pipe organ, and a tour of the Reuter Organ and a tour of the Reuter Organ, jewelry making, jewelry making and candle making.
from all the people who were involved with the use of the floor," he said.
Walker said he and the other officials were convinced that the synthetic floor was safe.
"if we were trying to build a basketball court, we might lean towards installing a hard wood floor, however we are planning a multipurpose center so we have no doubts that the synthetic floor is the best answer," he said.
Walker said he was sure he could raise the money the athletic association will need to fund his work.
It will also offer recreational activities, such as a chess tournament, spades and bridge tournaments, fly-tying, bowling, and softball, a seminar on the appreciation of baseball.
"Before we get involved in the money situation, we want to get the kids in for the fun!"
"I feel very confident that we can finish the project," Walker said.
THE GENERAL education section of the Un-University will offer instructions in bagel making, a weekend workshop in computer science and a program on police and the college student.
The courses and programs for the Un- University were planned from a random survey of 10 percent of the dormitory residents, Hartong said. He said planning committee positions were still open and a majority of programs would be encouraged.
Hartong said there were from 5 to 10 people in each class except carpentry, which had fewer than five. The classes could be as large as 50 people, but Hartong said he didn't expect enrollment to exceed the space available.
Reser said the practices KAPE objected to were called to the attention of his organization by KU employees after the election had taken place.
The Un-University will have its offices in Nuncemeal Hall, and classes will meet in the University Library.
were not easily identified as coming from Local 1132
"We weren't aware this was going on until right after the election," he said.
LOLVD ROSE, business manager for
LIO 132, dispute KAFE's interpretation of
ROSE.
"I think it's a difference in interpretation."
"The leaflets were intended to let them (the employees) know what can be gained from organized labor. From my point of view, we tried to tell the people this is what a contract will obtain. We were trying to tell them benefits of this nature can be achieved.
"I think anybody can interpret something to mean something different," he said.
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REESER EXPRESSED some discontent about the way the hearing was handled. He said none of the five PENR members at his hearing, which was conducted by a hearing officer.
Rose said witnesses testified at the hearing that the leaflets were signed.
To his knowledge, said Rone, unlicensed Local 132 representatives did not cam-
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"I don't think that was substantiated during the hearing," he said.
"We're satisfied in that we think that we substantiated our charges very well and were able to prove our point through witnesses," he said.
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KAPE has sent a brief to Topea Mayor Bill McCormick, a member of PERB, said Reser, because the board has the authority to change the hearing officer's decision.
James Foldstein, KU labor relations director, attended the hearing as an objective.
"UP TO THIS POINT, the University position is neutral," he said. "It's the hopper."
Feldstein said he thought KAPE would appeal the board's decision if it was unfavorable because the KAPE attorney had indicated he would do so. Feldstein also said he would do so, and they stop to prePBE in certifying Local L. until after an appeal has been completed.
As soon as the election issue is resolved, Feldstein will begin negotiations on behalf of the University with the certified origination to coordinate a memorandum of understanding.
Bill Proposes Revisions For Budgetary Process
A bill to revise the Student Senate budgetary process was proposed at the senate's Finance and Auditing Committee meeting last night.
The bill will set up a system whereby groups requesting funds would argue their cases before the standing committees of the senate.
In past years the Finance and Auditing committee heard all the budget requests
Under the new system each committee would draw up a part of the budget on a percentage of the total senate budget allotted to it. The senate as a whole would still vote on the final budget before it went to the Kansas Board of Regents for its app
The purpose of the system, according to Rick McKernan, Salina senior and Committee chairman, is to strengthen the committees, make budget hearings fair, and make the entire budgeting process run more smoothly.
The bill will receive its first reading at the senate meeting Wednesday.
The Committee also decided to recommend to the senate that it allocate an additional $1,190 to the intramurals program to fund a summer program.
A request from the KU Reclamation Center (Whoronet) to move $396.80 from its supplies and expenses account to its salaries account was denied by the Com
→ Student Senate Seats
THESE POSITIONS WILL BE UP FOR ELECTION IN THE STUDENT BODY ELECTIONS FEB.13 & 14
GRADUATE SCHOOL—18
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES-18
CENTENNIAL COLLEGE-4
NUNEMAKER COLLEGE—3
NORTH COLLEGE-4
EDUCATION-8
ENGINEERING-4
BUSINESS-4
OLIVER COLLEGE-4
FINE ARTS-6
PEARSON COLLEGE—4
JOURNALISM-3
LAW SCHOOL-2
ARCHITECTURE-2
PHARMACY-2
SOCIAL WELFARE—2
Class Officers (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer
Graduate School Area Representatives (1 Each)
Area 1 Humanities &
Fine Arts
Area 2 Behavioral & Social Sciences
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Filing deadline is January 30, 5 p.m. Applications in the Student Senate office,105B Union. $500 Filing Fee.