Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 17, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october a5 strike answers the following Are questions and answers included in a University of Manitoba Booklet for students released some items have been edited for q if there is a what do i do a students should continue to attend classes until further information becomes Stu dents should Contact the Deans office in their faculty or school for information on what classes Are being q will the University remain open and what services will continue to be provided a the University will remain open and All services will be provided to the Best of the univer Sites the situation will be reassessed As More information becomes available regarding the length of the q How will the strike affect me tuition refund scholarships a the University will provide students with a reasonable Opportunity to Complete fall courses without Deci Sions regarding tuition refunds Are dependent on the length of the strike and whether or not the fall term is scholar ships will not be q How will the strike affect my financial Aid a although student Aid is administered by the provincial and Federal the University is briefing government officials and will negotiate the Best possible arrangements for students arrangements that Are dependent on the length of the strike and whether or not it is necessary to extend the we have been assured that Stu dents will not have their Aid arbitrarily Cut off because of a faculty q How Long can the term be disrupted before it is a write off and what options Are being considered a the University has no intention of writing off the intent is that the academic year will be successfully How classes missed will be made up will depend on the length of the in the worse Case the commencement of the Winter term May be delayed until classes and examinations for the fall term Are q How will the strike affect my academic record Coop program practicum place ment a should a strike cause the continuation of the term at a later time and should you not be Able to Complete your courses at that you would be permitted to withdraw with no effect on your academic Stu dents in Coop programs should not be further information being gathered on the effect on students in practicum or Field work placements such As in nursing and social q How will the strike affect courses offered through Cor distance Edu Polo and us downtown a we assume that most courses will proceed As Cor Respondence students May find that some instructors Are not available during the Stu dents Are requested to Call the continuing education division Tollfree number for further info you May encounter a delay in receiving those students attending off Campus locations Polo us downtown Are advised to continue attending should a class be students will be q what happens to midterm exams final exams papers that have been handed in to be marked a the University will Endeavor to ensure that the term is completed but adjustments May have to be midterm exams and final exams May be rescheduled at the completion of the it is anticipated that papers presently handed in will be graded and returned at the end of the q will the buses be running a our information at present is that buses will not Cross picket but will pick up and drop off at the closest Point to the uni information As to where buses will Stop can be obtained directly from Winnipeg q will convocation be held on october a convocation will be held As originally u of m offers 8 solution administration wont Lay off if faculty accepts wage Rollback by Aldo Santin education reporter Marc free press u of m students have been doing a lot of waiting and wondering for several the University of Mani Toba has told faculty negotiators that it is willing to Back Down on its push to Lay off tenured professors in Exchange for staff taking an eight percent salary Roll Back Over the next two that offer which faculty officials say was made last Fri Day was not mentioned in a Public announcement yesterday morning by University president Arnold Naimark released a document stating the u of m has to secure an ability to downsize and Lay off staff in a rational and orderly claiming the existing provisions for such actions Are too cumbersome and time in disclosing what he called the latest Naimark said the University submitted a proposal to faculty 11 that outlines a Layoff procedure and Calls on faculty to give up eight Days of pay in the first year of a new contract and six Days in the second University of Manitoba faculty association president Grant Woods said Naimark did not disclose on University negotiators stated a willingness to withdraw that offer if faculty were willing to have their wages rolled Back eight per cent Over two University spokesman Bob Rae Burn confirmed that the administration has left both proposals on the Raeburn said either proposal would give the University the financial flexibility it needs to Deal with the current financial prob but he said the furan four wage Rollback is Only a Short term solution that would Only solve immediate financial he said a new clause allowing the University greater options to Lay off staff would give the administration a needed Lon term approach to its students prepare for worst rut Woods said the Friday offer undermines the institutions pub lic position that layoffs Are Neces saying University negotiators were willing to accept the Layoff terms of the current collective agreement in Exchange for the wage he disputed the idea that a new Layoff provision would realize Long term saying that if the faculty were to accept that much of the cos savings achieved through downsizing would be lost through the expensive Legal Wran gling that could be expected Fol lowing both sides resumed negotiations late yesterday Woods held a press conference yesterday to announce that the Canadian association of University teachers has extended a lion line of credit so u of m faculty wont lose their benefits in the event of a Woods said the administration walked away from talks late Fri after the faculty responded to the 11 he would not Dis close what the faculty response but Woods said the 11 which was widely circulated throughout Campus Doest bind the administration to any real consultation with faculty councils or an Appeal Patrick the president of the graduate students said that should a strike his organization would support the faculty association As most graduate students Are linked to faculty Mem Bers through their David president of the University students said that some including Are upset and depressed that classes May not continue during a strike situation while the administration and faculty association try to Hammer out a u of m administration makes offer to faculty before bargaining resumed the u of m administration made the following offers to its faculty association a two year agreement with the current contract language for or articles 28 and along with annual wage rollbacks of four per a two year agree ment with faculty taking eight Days of unpaid leave in year one followed by six Days of unpaid leave in the second and a new discontinuance article in the existing contract Deans and directors Are required to discuss the need for layoffs with faculty before making a recommendation to the Senate will make a recommendation on the layoffs and their Impact to the Board of the Board of governors will inform the faculty association about the pending Layoff and give it an Opportunity to after All the consultations have been the Board of governors must appoint a redundancy which will have a mini mum of three months to study the Impact of a the committee will consider alternatives to including and Early once the committee makes its the Board of governors must appoint a redeployment which will be Given at least three More months to determine the order of layoffs and possible alternative once the redeployment commit tee makes its the Board of governors can declare a redundancy and give affected individuals 12 months notice of Lay Severance package will include one months salary for each year of ser vice to a maximum of 18 Laid off faculty members will have a three year recall under the administrations pro posed new redundancy clause when a Dean or director decides that because of financial or academic they must recommend the Layoff of the following procedures will be followed councils will have 30 working Days to recommend to the Board of governors the Impact of such layoffs on programs departments and propose any alternatives to achieve the financial saving stated by the the and the faculty association will receive a copy of the recommend the will provide the Senate with the same report filed by the and the recommendations of the Fracul the Senate will be invited to provide to the Board of within 30 working its comments on the Impact of the any comments on the fac Council recommend and its own recommendations to achieve the stated financial Sav proposed article states that the criteria for determining what or departments Are to be reduced or must include teaching and research priorities within departments the faculty demand for courses pro Grams availability of alternative methods of instruction financial viability of courses programs the possibility of amalgamating depart the shall consider the recommendations of the fac Council and the the shall then identify to the Vic president academic which individuals Are to be Laid faculty members Are to be divided into two those there for four years or and everyone along with the need for Mem Ber specific skills and professional performance and promotion his tory shall not be a Factor in deter mining who is Laid should All factors be the will identify people for Layoff who have been with the for four years or less before identifying members with longer continuous the will formally notify any individual targeted for Lay affected individuals will receive at 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