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Monday, December 7, 1992
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SenEx debates union
University is not required to bargain graduate dean says
By Christine Laue Kansan staff writer
Graduate teaching and research assistants can form a union, but the University is not obligated to bargain with them, said Howard Mossberg, vice chancellor and dean of the graduate school, to members of Senate Executive Committee Friday.
"I believe that we have concluded that it is in the best interest of the University not to have bargaining." Mossberg said.
His statement reiterated the University's previous position against unionization by GTAs and GRAs. SenEx had requested an update on the situation.
Mossberg and other administrators on a special committee responded last week to a request to determine whether it would be appropriate for
GTAs and GRAs to unionize. the committee will respond Jan. 19 in a formal hearing before a state labor relations board that will decide whether to allow formation of a collective bargaining group.
Mossberg informed SenEx members of the committee's response, which included reasoning that:
GTA positions were part of the educational process;
- GTAs were students before they were employees;
- GTA positions were not career opportunities.
He also said that collective bargaining would require the University to centralize the way GTAs were organized, ultimately creating more bureaucracy at the University.
Mossberg said he contacted deans of graduate schools at three universities that had bargaining units. Each dean said that they did not recommend allowing bargaining units because it created more bureaucracy.
The history of GTA unionization concern began about one year ago when the GTA newspaper ran a
coupon suggesting that people interested in forming a collective bargaining unit fill out the coupon. Interested students met with a special administrative committee to discuss the GTAs' wants.
KU GTAs want benefits equal to what GTAs at peer institutions receive in areas such as health and child care. They also want equitable wages and working conditions similar to their peers.
Chris O'Brien, executive coordinator for graduate student council, said equitable treatment of GTAs and GRAs was an obligation of the University.
"I'll admit there may be a paperwork nightmare that goes with treating people equitably," O'Brien said. "In my opinion, that's too bad."
He commended Mossberg and the administration for recognizing grievances of GTAs and GRAs, but emphasized that the University and the GTAs needed to reach a solution
Mossberg said that whatever happened would be a step closer to a solution.
Post photographer to teach at KU
Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
Williams said working with Snead would give the students two different views of photojournalism.
"It will be two sets of eyes looking at all the students' work," he said.
After more than 30 years, Bill Sneed is coming home. Snead, a Lawrence High School graduate and photographer for the Washington Post, will return to Lawrence next semester as a professional-in-residence for KU's School of Journalism. The Lawrence Journal-World will finance his residency. Sneed also will return to work full time at the Journal-World, in charge of the photography department while conducting workshops, said publisher Dolph Simons Jr. Sneed started working at the Journal-World when he was 17.
Snead, who attended KU for one year, will teach two advanced photojournalism classes with Mike Williams, assistant professor of journalism.
And Snead's eyes have seen a lot. His photographic assignments have covered a broad range: professional sports, international disasters, New York fashions, the nation's capital and the day's weather. He was awarded second place in the Pulitzer prize's photography feature in 1991 as well as Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association.
Snead said he wanted to make the class a simulation of real life photojournalism experiences.
"My belief is that if you're thrown in the breach and go out there, you find out how fast you move and how fast you think," he said. "Students will get the chance to do what we do at the Washington Post, and that's screw up. Then you have the chance to redeem yourself."
"It's a chance to go back to where it all started," he said. "To pass along something I've learned on the trail."
"No one is going to learn more out of this than me. Whenever I talk to someone with a camera, I learn something." Snead said he was looking forward to the time away from Washington and its noise.
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