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Thursday, November 19. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Union rejection affects GTAs GradEx may drop idea of forming its own union
By BRAD ADDINGTON Staff writer
Staff writer
With the KU faculty's rejection of a faculty union, the Graduate Student Council Executive Committee probably will cease looking into a union for graduate teaching assistants, the GradEx coordinator said last night.
If support for a faculty union is weak, support for a GTA union probably would not be any stronger, said Michael Foubert, the coordinator.
In February, GradEx began investigating the possible advantages and disadvantages of a GTA union. After corresponding with several universities that have such unions, Foubert said he thought KU GTAs could benefit from a union.
"They are very organized and very direct, and you don't have the diffusion of interests that you have here," Foubert said.
But Nancy Nicas, a GTA in the political
science department, said she had mixed feelings about the idea of a GTA union.
Nicas said that although some KU departments gave GTAs heavy workloads and low salaries, other departments were characterized by lighter workloads and better salaries.
"These things would undoubtedly level out if we were represented by some collective bargaining." Nicas said.
However, she said a union might strain relations between GTAs and faculty.
"Right now, the faculty are excellent in terms of being supportive and cooperative." she said.
Matt Davis, a GTA in the department of French and Italian, said he might support a GTA union.
"If we could possibly get the GTA stipends here anywhere near the national average, I think it would be worth it," Davis said.
In the 1970s, GTAs at the University of
Florida in Gainesville also desired better representation. That resulted in the formation of Graduate Assistants United, a group that merely voiced the concerns of GTAs. In 1980, GAU became a chapter of the University of Florida's faculty union.
John Capcea, vice president of GAU, said yesterday that a GTA union had its advantages and disadvantages.
"We rely on an awful lot on the faculty union for support," Cappe said. "Because you're a union, the administration perks you out. The medical and doesn't want to deal with von."
But Capce said that GAU hd achieved an important victory just this fall.
GAU could not convince the University of Florida administration to provide GTAs with a total fee waiver, so it voiced its concerns elsewhere.
"We went directly to the Legislature, we were behind us 100 percent." Capone said.
Baha'i Club denounces Iran for arrests of 12
By BRIAN BARESCH
Staff writer
The arrest of 12 Baha'is in Iran last month has prompted a call from the KU Campus Baha'i' Club for students and faculty to ask their congressmen to denounce Iran.
The national Baha'i Faith organization, which issued the national call for the letter-writing campaign, said the prisoners were being tortured and faced execution because their beliefs were heretical to Iran's fundamentalist Muslim regime.
The organizers hope to bring international attention to the treatment of religious minorities in Iran.
The Baha'i faith was founded in 1865 by a Persian named Baha Ullah, who declared that he was the promised one for all religions and called for the unification of mankind. Iran has about 300,000 Baha'is among its population of 45 million.
Nancy Meyer, Lawrence graduate student and president of the Campus Baha'i Club, said that Baha'is believe in the oneness of
mankind, and that all people in the world are praying to the same god through different messengers.
In addition to theological differences, Meyer said, the Baha's *progressive beliefs* lead to their getting more professional jobs than which causes resentment among Iranians.
A member of the organization, who asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisals against her family in Iran, said she knew several of the prisoners had been arrested and were being tortured simply because they belonged to the banned national Bahá'i assembly there.
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