University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 9, 1989
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Monday
> Pro Choice Week, sponsored by the KU. Democrate, begins today with a petition table in the Kansas Union and a letter-writing campaign in front of Wescoe Hall.
9 a. 9m - 3 p.m. The Campus Vegetarian Society will have a sign-up for Wednesday night's cooking class at the CVS information table at the 4th floor
lobby of the Kansas Union. Sign-up will continue Tuesday and Wednesday.
continue Tuesday and Wednesday
at 8:30 p.m. — The KU Tae Kwon Do
Club will conduct a meeting and workout
at 207 Robinson Center.
▶ 7 p.m. — The Nihon Club will meet at the JahayRoom in the Kansas Union to prepare for "Celebration of Cultures."
Tuesday
▶ Pro-Choice Week continues with "Boycott Domino's Pizza Day."
4:15 p.m. — The office of study abroad will conduct an informational meeting at 3 Lippincott Hall for those
> 3:30 p.m. — The office of study abroad will conduct an informational meeting at 3 Lippincott Hall for those interested in studying in a Spanish-speaking country for the academic year 1990-91.
Interested in studying in a French-speaking country for the academic year 1990-91.
6 p.m. — Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders will meet at room 20 in Watkins Health Center.
▶ 7:30 p.m. — The KU India Club will sponsor the Tansen Music Festival at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The festival will feature Indian classical music by L. Shanker and Party.
Wednesday
- Noon — Michael Woolf will speak at the University Forum on "Campaign Financing: A National and State Overhaul" which line will be at 11:40 a.m. for $3.50.
▶ 12:30 p.m. — International Club will sponsor "World at a Table" at Alcove A in the Kansas Union.
4:15 p.m. — The office of study abroad will conduct an informational meeting at 7D Lippincott Hall for those interested in studying in Great Britain or any other English-speaking country.
▶ 3:30 p.m. — The office of study abroad will conduct an informational meeting at 7D Lippincott Hall for those interested in studying in Great Britain for the 1990-91 academic year.
▶ 7 p.m. — Pro Choice Week continues with a pro-choice/pro-life debate at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
> 8 p.m. — The Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction will meet at Parlor C in the Kansas Union.
Thursday
▶ 4 p.m. — The College Honors Program will sponsor an undergraduate research award informational meeting at Nunemaker Center.
> 6 p.m. — Latin American Solidarity will have a beans and rice dinner at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
7:30 p.m. — Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas will meet at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
10 p.m. — KU Students Against Hunger will meet at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. Peggy Seiner from the Hunger Project will speak on world and domestic hunger.
Friday
7 p.m. — The Nibon Club will meet at the Jawhawk Room in the Kansas Union to prepare for "Celebration of Cultures" and hand out event schedules.
▶ 8 p.m. — Pro-Choice Week ends with a benefit at 904 Highland Drive with the band The Penguins.
Sunday
10: 30. a.m. — KU Bible Study will have a worship service at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
11 a.m. — An. ECKANKAR worship
> 11 a.m. — An EGANKAR worship
will be — at the Walnut Room in the
Kansas Union.
4 p. m. — The Campus Vegetarian Society will meet at the Hashinger Hall student kitchen.
Med Center nurses express union views
By Melanie Matthes
Kansan staff writer
A dispute over the KU Med Center's nursing union led Med Center nurses and administration to a public hearing Friday to determine which nurses will act as the voice of 654 employees.
The nurses and the administration went before a hearing officer for the Kansas Department of Human Resources to express their views on union membership and to end the dispute.
At the hearing on Friday, an attorney for the Kansas University Nurses Association argued that the 654 nurses employed by KU should be included in the Association. The administration's attorney argued that KU should have 10 percent of full-time should not be Association members.
The attorneys will submit closing arguments in 30 days. The hearing officer then has 30 days to announce a decision.
Jackie McClain, director of personnel services at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said there were about 530 nurses who worked more than 50 percent, and they would be included in the Association under the administration's terms.
She said that according to the Kansas Public Employees Act, employees who worked less than 50 percent of full-time were not eligible for the same benefits as those who worked more than 50 percent.
"Their terms of employment are so entirely different that we feel that it would be very difficult to include them in the same bargaining unit for the process of meeting and conferring on administration," McCain said.
The Act also says that part-time employees do not receive benefits equal to those of full-time employees.
The process of meeting and conferring with employees is written into the Act. It requires that employers discuss issues with employees to solve problems and make policies; she said.
McClain said the administration also was opposed to unclassified
During testimony, Cece Atherton, vice president of the Association, said that unclassified nurses often performed functions identical to those performed by licensed nurses. For this reason, they should be included in the Association.
nurses being included in the Association.
In an opening statement, David Hauber, attorney for the Association, said that the Med Center's method of labeling nurses according to how much they work did not hold water.
Unclassified nurses perform jobs that are different than classified nurses. They receive different salaries and work under a different set of guidelines, she said.
Mary Ann Elsenbise, director of nursing services, said during testimony that there were about 74 nurses who were designated as 5 percent employees. Forty-nine, of these nurses work more than 5 percent of full-time.
She said that nurses who work part-time receive prorated benefits from the Med Center such as health coverage, vacation time and sick leave.
Athertion said that the purpose of the Association was to give the nurses a voice in policies affecting these concerns and stresses.
Nancy Henry, former counselor for Med Center nurses, said during testimony that all nurses had the same concerns about their job and experienced the same stresses.
Issues that the Association will deal with are poor morale, efforts at retention, utilizing available nurses and affecting salaries. Aberthon said.
She said the administration agreed with the nurses that part-time employees were essential to the Med Center.
"We feel that, historically, we really have not had much of a voice at KU." she said.
McClain said that after the hearing officer announced his decision, the Association must go through the certification process to become the official bargaining unit of the Med Center nurses.
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