Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october a3 the politics of Job cuts deters Deal u of faculty demands a role in How professors Are Laid off by Aldo Santin education reporter in the final hours that led to the first faculty strike at the University of the one obstacle neither Side could Over come was How to create a smaller or How much salary faculty members were willing to give want a controlling How faculty would be Laid off was the Only Terry the University Vic president of said the faculty association wanted a say on How a Layoff would be put in the University accept that Robert a member of the faculty negotiating said the University refuses to submit a Public institution to Public account we Are not saying no to Down Chernomas what we want is Public and its an Issue of How fast the cuts will the University has submitted a plan that it says would allow it to close programs or even faculties As Well As Lay off staff within three the faculty association has countered with its own plan that would see cuts and layoffs accomplished within eight Falconer said the University offered a plan that called for recommendations from Senate and faculty councils and left open an Appeal but Paul the faculty chief said the administrations last proposal would have allowed Deans to target individuals for dismissal without Phillips said reports from other academic bodies would not be bind ing and neither would an Appeal to a newly created one option that would leave one option for staff who believed they were fired unjustly filing a costly grievance under the collective last the average Cost of a grievance for the faculty association was Phillips if we had to handle 10 it would Cost us we cant afford that and it surely would bankrupt the Falconer said the faculty association did not suggest alternative wording to the administrations but Chernomas said the association offered a 11page plan that addressed every concern it had Over the administrations Chernomas said the associations bus Driver suspended for principles he wont Cross u of m picket line by Paul Mckie staff reporter Marc free press music professor Delores Keahey hands out proposal Calls for a commission made up of the the Board of governors and an inde pendent chairman to verify the University financial problems and explore alternatives to if layoffs Are the Only Chernomas said the Senate and faculty councils would decide which programs or courses could be Sac faculty would be retained according to their relevant skill and Chernomas adding seniority would Only be used if All other factors were student shows his a Winnipeg transit bus Dri ver was suspended without pay yesterday when he refused to Cross a line of picketing professors at the University of Bill a 16year vet eran of Winnipeg was suspended indefinitely when he refused in any Way to Cross the picket line set up by striking members of the University of Manitoba faculty i dont want to offend my but at the same time i dont want to betray my Union an upset Redlick said when it came my turn to i have an ideological problem with crossing a picket the problem is worse for Redlick because his amalgamated transit has told him he should Cross the Bob president of the said bus Drivers will Cross the line if it is Safe to do its a safety we dont want an operator going through a picket line if its unsafe for our operators or said three Drivers had been sus Pended first thing yesterday morning but Hykawy said they were reinstated within 30 min he said that in some management drove buses through the picket line and Dri vers took Over after Hykawy said Winnipeg police were on the scene after 10 and helped guide the buses through the Rick director of Winnipeg said the Atu and management had met to try resolving the but that red licks suspension was still Borland also said he believed there would be no More problems with Drivers refusing to Cross the picket line unless safety became a greater Issue because of strik ers Redlick said the Issue has Trou bled him he knows he could lose his Job Over the Inci Dent but he believes he should never Cross another unions picket he said that when he arrived at the picket his bus had no he wanted to turn the bus around and head Back to the but management asked him to bring the bus into the u of m Campus and Cross the he refused the offer of hav ing management drive the bus across for i would be working on the other Side of the i had a conflict with Redlick he was suspended indefinitely on the he said pickets cheered him on the Spur of the i took one of the placards and started walking the picket he Filmon says profs using students the Filmon govern ment is staying out of the strike by University of Manitoba but it has left Little doubt which Side its rooting responding in the Legisla Ture yesterday to opposition Premier Gary Fil Mon accused the faculty association of using students As pawns in their dispute with the they students Are the ones that Are being asked to Bear the consequences of this he the Premier also made it Clear what he thinks about tenure for University pro its the u of is redundancy provision is some thing that is essentially unheard of in collective agreements almost any he Filmon said if government were to both sides would accuse it of interfering with academic University strike blamed on tories u of m forced to take drastic action by Aldo Santin education reporter Manitoba University professors blamed the Manitoba government yesterday for forcing universities to take unprecedented Steps in collective Errol spokesman for the Manitoba association of faculty said funding cuts combined with directives to streamline have forced the University administration to take dras tic Black said former education minister Clayton manness told him before the april election that the provinces three universities would get smaller with fewer what were seeing at the University of Manitoba is the result of government efforts to Force the downsizing of faculties at the expense of the people who teach students and the people of Manito an economics professor at Brandon told a news conference yesterday at the University of Joyce president of the Canadian association of University said All universities across the country Are facing Seri Ous financial problems but not All of them Are taking the u of is approach to target academic free the University of new Brunswick didst even Deal with the downsizing Issue when it settled with its faculty this Lorimer she expects most universities will avoid any bargaining positions that might provoke a professors across the country sent messages of sup port to the striking Manitoba pro letters came from a number of faculty including the University of Cal Trent Carleton University and York labor troubles Are also brewing at other Canadian Gat West Coin one of Canadas largest Coin dealers and official Canadian mint distributors we buy and sell All paper ill 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entrances yesterday but nearly 300 others drove through to by pick ets were no longer obstructing the traffic members of the University other three unions Are still work having been asked by the faculty association Only to refrain from performing teaching the libraries Are open and fun papers and exams will continue to be Many professors Are ignoring the strike and continuing their estimates vary on the number of professors who crossed the picket from 10 per cent to 40 per Terry Vic president for said 26 per cent of All faculty members Are continuing to work and about 35 per cent of All courses Are things Are operating fairly but that not to say the University is not missing its pro Falconer Robert a member of the faculty negotiating said Falconer has inflated the number of professors still i hear the place is a ghost he Paul chief negotiator for the faculty said 80 per cent of classes were cancelled yes adding none was taught in the department of but confusion Gratzer said his office was open until 2 Fielding Calls from panic stricken he said hundreds More students called during the wanting to know if they should attend classes or study for were telling them to Gratzer instructors and con tract lecturers will be weve heard some faculties Are hiring extra instructors to teach courses professors Are Gratzer said he believes the Large number of support staff who must work will reduce the Nega Tive Impact of a strike for the Short but a Long strike would be if its a Short its Gratzer if it goes on for three or four i dont see How we can finish the he said it appears fewer Stu dents were on Campus yesterday and classes that were on were poorly most students assumed the classes were can celled because of the there Are students who attend the some have signed a petition urging the government to Force the two sides into today fall convocation is not threatened by the labor strife on according to both management and none of the invited speakers or recipients of honorary 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